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Cleft Lip and/or Palate

Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
Slight genetic predisposition. The risk of recurrence increases with the severity of the cleft, unless the condition is part of another inheritable syndrome.

Prenatal diagnosis
Clefts of the lip are often found on the eighteen to twenty week ultrasound during pregnancy. Referral should then be made to a cleft team for discussion.

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Medical text written November 1991 by Contact a Family. Approved November 1991 by Professor M Patton, Professor of Medical Genetics, St Georges Hospital Medical School, London, UK and Dr J E Wraith, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK. Last updated November 2004 by Mr B Sommerlad, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Cleft Lip and Palate Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.

 

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