Cleft palate - resources

Cleft palate - resources

Alternative Names

Resources - cleft palate

Information

The following organizations are good resources for information on cleft palate:

American Cleft Palate (ACPA) Craniofacial Association -- acpacares.org/
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association -- www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/cleftlip
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -- www.cdc.gov/birth-defects/about/cleft-lip-cleft-palate.html
March of Dimes -- www.marchofdimes.org/find-support/topics/birth/cleft-lip-and-cleft-palate
Operation Smile -- www.operationsmile.org
US National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus -- medlineplus.gov/cleftlipandpalate.html

Review Date: 1/1/2025
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Clinical Professor Emeritus, Department of Family Medicine, UW Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David C. Dugdale, MD, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.

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