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Novel mutations in the IRF6 gene for Van der Woude syndrome.
Human genetics - 1 Oct 2003
Wang Xiaofang, Liu Jiali, Zhang Haibing, Xiao Mingzhen, Li Jinfeng, Yang Chunling, Lin Xianjun, Wu Zizhong, Hu Landian, Kong Xiangyin
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Van der Woude syndrome (VWS, OMIM 119300) is an autosomal dominant craniofacial disorder characterized by pits of the lower lip, hypodontia, and cleft lip and/or cleft palate. It is the most common form of syndromic orofacial clefting and has very high penetrance with varied expressivity. The disease locus for VWS has been mapped to a 1.6-cM region on 1q32-41 between D1S205 and D1S491. Recently, mutations have...
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