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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A
Volume 149A, Issue 1, Pages 77-92Publisher
WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32602
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nomenclature; definitions; terminology; lips; mouth; anatomy; anthropometry
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An international group of clinicians and scientists working in the field of dysmorphology has initiated the standardization of terms used to describe human morphology. The goals are to standardize these terms and reach consensus regarding their definitions. In this way, we will increase the utility of descriptions of the human phenotype and facilitate reliable comparisons of findings among patients. Discussions with other workers in dysmorpholgy and related fields, such as developmental biology and molecular genetics, will become more precise. Here we summarize the anatomy of the oral region and define and illustrate the terms that describe the major characteristics of the lips and mouth (C) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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