Cleft lip and palate can be diagnosed before birth by ultrasound
A cleft lip is a congenital fissure that involves the upper lip. A cleft palate involves the hard or soft palate.
A "cleft lip" affects just the patient's lip, and a "cleft palate" affects the palate, or the roof of your mouth.
Congenital fissure of the palate is known as cleft palate. This is a condition with different levels of severity.
Cat lip or the Harelip is a disease called Cleft lip (cheiloschisis) or cleft palate (palatoschisis). However they can occur together as Cleft lip and palate.
no chromosomes are affected.. if so it will be a disorder and a cleft lip and palate is only a defect.
One can find information on cleft lip and palate on various websites like LittleBabyFace and WebMD. Both websites offer a great amount of information about cleft lip and palate.
it can be seen visually
Our son has an Occult submucus cleft palate, he has the 22Q11 or "DiGeorge" syndrome.
About 1 in 700 children are born with a cleft palate and/or a cleft lip.
A cleft lip and cleft palate is a disorder in which a baby's lip and/or palate did not fully form while in the mother's womb. One of the complications of a child with a cleft palate include not being able to create suction in their mouth in order to nurse or drink from a bottle.
If you're referring to the scientific/medical name for cleft lip and palate, they are:Cheiloschisis for cleft lipPalatoschisis for cleft palate
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