Maternal Exposure to Stress During Covid-19 and Non-Syndromic Orofacial Clefts: A Cohort Retrospective Study
Heba Jafar Sabbagh,
Mona Talal AlSharif,
Fatma Dawood Abdulhameed
et al.
Abstract:Objective The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic presents an opportunity to study stress's effect on the development of non-syndromic orofacial clefts (NSOFCs). This study was aimed at assessing maternal stress exposure during the pregestational to first trimester pregnancy periods and the development of NSOFCs during a year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Design Cohort study of infants with NSOFCs and controls matched based on recruitment site and age. Setting Government hospitals in Saudi Arabia between November 2020… Show more
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