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Identification of IRF6 gene variants in three families with Van der Woude syndrome.
International journal of molecular medicine - 1 Jun 2008
Tan Ene-Choo, Lim Eileen Chew-Ping, Yap Shiao-Hui, Lee Seng-Teik, Cheng Joanne, Por Yong-Chen, Yeow Vincent
Abstract excerpt
Van der Woude syndrome is the most common cause of syndromic orofacial clefting. It is characterised by the presence of lip pits, cleft lip and/or cleft palate. It is transmitted in an autosomal dominant manner, with high penetrance and variable expressivity. Several mutations in the interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6) gene have been found in VWS families, suggesting that this gene is the primary locus. We...
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