Do Orofacial Clefts Impair Breastfeeding and Increase the Prevalence of Anemia?

Aluísio Eustáquio de Freitas Miranda-FilhoHeloisa de Sousa GomesRoberta Bessa Veloso SilvaNelson Pereira MarquesHercílio MartelliNádia Carolina Teixeira Marques

Published in: The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (2021)

Thus, it is suggested that the breastfeeding process is more complex, and the history of anemia is more frequent, in children with cleft lip and palate or rare orofacial clefts than in children without clefts.

Keyphrases

young adults
chronic kidney disease
preterm infants
iron deficiency
risk factors