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Possible relationship between the van der Woude syndrome (vWS) locus and nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NSCL/P).
American journal of medical genetics - 15 Nov 2001
Houdayer C, Bonaïti-Pellié C, Erguy C, Soupre V, Dondon M G, Bürglen L, Cougoureux E, Couderc R, Vazquez M P, Bahuau M
Abstract excerpt
Cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) is one of the most common congenital malformations in humans occurring with a birth prevalence of approximately 1:1,000. CL/P may be part of a defined syndrome, sequence or association, although most individual or familial cases present as an isolated (nonsyndromic) malformation (NSCL/P). Inheritance is generally regarded as multigenic although, in some families,...
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