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Van der Woude syndrome

Van Der Woude syndrome consists of the following characteristics: cleft lip and palate, missing teeth and lip pits.

Cause

It is caused by mutations in the IRF6 gene. (Popliteal pterygium syndrome is also caused by mutations in this gene.)

Medicines



	Respiratory failure in ANCA-associated vasculitis - antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies Objective: To assess the prevalence, clinical manifestations, and course of respiratory failure in all patients who tested positive for antineutrophil ... From CHEST, 8/1/96 by Jan C. ter Maaten

	Scientists identify cleft palate gene RESEARCHERS HAVE identified a rogue gene that causes babies to be born with a cleft lip or palate, it was revealed yesterday. The faulty gene gives rise to Van der Woude syndrome, an inherited diso From Independent, The (London), 9/2/02

	Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as acute respiratory failure with anti-neutrophil-cytoplasm antibodies Christine Lenclud, M.D.;(1) Paul De Vuyst, M.D.;(1) Etienne Dupont, M.D.;([unkeyable]) Michel Depierreux, M.D.;([unkeyable]) Paulette Ketelbant, M.D.;([unkeyable]) ... From CHEST, 8/1/89 by Christine Lenclud

	Scientists Identify Key Gene Involved in Cleft Lip and Palate Scientists report in this month's Nature Genetics they have discovered the gene that causes Van der Woude syndrome, the most common of the syndromic forms of cleft lip and palate. The term "syndromi From National Institutes of Health, 10/1/02 by Bob Kuska

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