2011 Group Project 11

Note - This page is an undergraduate science embryology student group project 2011. 2011 Projects: Turner Syndrome | DiGeorge Syndrome | Klinefelter's Syndrome | Huntington's Disease | Fragile X Syndrome | Tetralogy of Fallot | Angelman Syndrome | Friedreich's Ataxia | Williams-Beuren Syndrome | Duchenne Muscular Dystrolphy | Cleft Palate and Lip

Introduction

The clefting of the palate and the upper lip is a congenital deformity that results from developmental abnormality during gestation. The deformity can present itself individually as a cleft lip or palate, or together, as cleft lip and palate. There was limited understanding about the condition till 1896-since when there has been remarkable improvement in the overall understanding of the genetic and prenatal origin of the condition as well as improved surgical and treatment procedures.

Cleft lip and/or palate have been identified to be one of the most common genetic abnormalities afflicting people worldwide. It is known as syndromic when additional features are involved and non-syndromic in the absence of all other