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Van der Woude syndrome: a review of 11 cases seen at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital.
African journal of paediatric surgery : AJPS - 1 Jan 2000
James Olutayo, Adeyemo Wasiu L, Emeka Christian I, Ogunlewe Mobolanle O, Ladeinde Akinola L, Butali Azeez
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Van der Woude syndrome (VWS), an autosomal dominant condition associated with clefts of the lip and/or palate and lower lip pits and is caused by mutations in interferon regulatory factor six gene. It is reported to be the most common syndromic cleft world-wide. Non-penetrance for the lip pit phenotype is found in at least 10% of affected individuals and those without the pits are phenocopies for...
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