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Mutations in Van Der Woude Families From Ethiopia.
The Journal of craniofacial surgery - 1 Jan 2000
Eshete Mekonen, Alade Azeez, Abate Fikre, Mossey Peter A, Awotoye Waheed A, Busch Tamara, Hailu Abiye, Demissie Yohannes, Butali Azeez
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Van der Woude syndrome (VWS) is the most common syndromic orofacial cleft which accounts for approximately 2% of all cleft lip (CL) and/or palate cases. It is characterized by the presence of lower lip pits, in addition to CL, CL with or without cleft palate, cleft palate only, and hypodontia. It is inherited as an autosomal-dominant trait with almost complete penetrance but variable expressivity, and...
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