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IRF6 mutations in mixed isolated familial clefting.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Dec 2010
Rutledge Katherine D, Barger Christina, Grant John H, Robin Nathaniel H
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6) gene are known to cause van der Woude syndrome (VWS), a common syndromic form of oro-facial clefting characterized by the familial occurrence of mixed clefting (cleft lip with or without a cleft palate and cleft palate alone in the same family) and lower lip pits. As lip pits are not present in all cases of VWS, IRF6 mutations can cause a phenotype identical...
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