cleft lip and cleft palate
congenital malformations caused by the failure of embryonic structures of the lip and/or palate to fuse
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Summary
cleft lip and cleft palate is a rare disease[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of rare disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,617 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Subclass of: facial feature[4], congenital disorder[5], facial cleft[6], stomatognathic system abnormality[7], syndrome[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Clefts[9]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
- Health specialty: medical genetics[13]
- Genetic association: IRF6[14], PAX7[15], THADA[16], GRM7[17], FHIT[18], LRRC7[19], SPATA13[20], SH3BP4[21], RASGRF2[22], TXNDC16[23], ATXN3[24], BMP6[25], BMP4[26], SUMO1[27]
- Studied by: speech-language pathology[28], dentistry[29], pharmacology[30]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0050567[31], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:0050567[32], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9340[33], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:9340[34], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_199306[35]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[36]
Why It Matters
cleft lip and cleft palate has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 145 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]