Maha Abdelbagi Mohammed Ali

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Gezira, Wad-Medani, Sudan

Publications

• Original Article   
  Risk Factors of Non-Syndromic Orofacial Clefts in Sudan during 2016-2017
  Author(s): Maha Abdelbagi Mohammed Ali
  
  Background: Orofacial clefts are among the most common anomalies in the head and neck region and both genetic and environmental etiologies can be implicated. Aims: To evaluate the association of certain environmental risk factors with non-syndromic orofacial clefts (NSOFCs) and to determine the most common type of clefts associated with these factors. Methodology: 288 participants were included in this cross-sectional study; 144 in case group (mothers of children with NSOFC) and equal number of control group (mothers of healthy children). Details about gender of child, type of cleft, maternal gestational age and health, level of education, socioeconomic status, folic acid intake, consanguineous marriage, family history of clefts, radiation exposure, chemotherapy, gesta.. Read More»