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Likely Pathogenic Variants in One Third of Non-Syndromic Discontinuous Cleft Lip and Palate Patients.
Genes - 22 Oct 2019
Demeer Bénédicte, Revencu Nicole, Helaers Raphael, Gbaguidi Cica, Dakpe Stéphanie, François Geneviève, Devauchelle Bernard, Bayet Bénédicte, Vikkula Miikka
Abstract excerpt
Oral clefts are composed of cleft of the lip, cleft of the lip and palate, or cleft of the palate, and they are associated with a wide range of expression and severity. When cleft of the palate is associated with cleft of the lip with preservation of the primary palate, it defines an atypical phenotype called discontinuous cleft. Although this phenotype may represent 5% of clefts of the lip and/or palate (CLP),...
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