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Identification of two novel mutations of IRF6 in Korean families affected with Van der Woude syndrome.
International journal of molecular medicine - 1 Oct 2003
Kim Youngho, Park Jung-Young, Lee Tak-Jong, Yoo Han-Wook
Abstract excerpt
Van der Woude syndrome (VWS) is the most common autosomal dominant disorder with characteristic lip pits and clefts of the lip and/or palate (CL/P). The interferon regulatory factor 6 gene (IRF6) has been recently identified as the gene mutated in patients with VWS. Here, we report two novel mutations of IRF6 in two unrelated Korean families with VWS. A frame-shift mutation, 399delC, was identified from a family...
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