Cleft Lip and Palate in the Dog: Medical and Genetic Aspects
( Designing Strategies for Cleft Lip and Palate Care )
Publication series ： Designing Strategies for Cleft Lip and Palate Care
Author： Enio Moura and Cláudia Turra Pimpão
Publisher： IntechOpen
Publication year： 2017
E-ISBN: INT6285767049
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789535130277
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9789535130284
Subject： R6 Surgery
Keyword： 外科学
Language： ENG
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Cleft Lip and Palate in the Dog: Medical and Genetic Aspects
Description
The same types of cleft lip and/or cleft palate (CL/P) that affects humans also naturally affect dogs. Therefore, the dog has become an important spontaneous animal model for the study of human oral clefts. In order to provide an overview of CL/P in dogs to people with an interest in this area, we present in this chapter the main medical aspects, ranging from the etiology to the prevention, and also the main genetic aspects, including inheritance mechanisms and highlighting the homology between the two species, and the most recent molecular findings.
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