A cleft palate is a V- or U-shaped gap in the tissue between the mouth and the inside of the nose. It includes variable ...

Cleft palates are hard to detect on an ultrasound ... palate can affect speech, language and communication. It is not always obvious what the impact will be until the child starts to speak. The ...

and can be readily detected during the second-trimester ultrasound. The most commonly studied soft markers of aneuploidy include a thickened nuchal fold, rhizomelic limb shortening, mild fetal ...