Van der Woude syndrome 2

Van der Woude syndrome (VWS) is a dominantly inherited developmental disorder characterized by pits and/or sinuses of the lower lip, and cleft lip and/or cleft palate (CL/P, CP). It is the most common cleft syndrome. For a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of van der Woude syndrome, see VWS1 (119300).

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