title: Salivary gland disorders and heredity.
abstract: From personal observations, I review the genetic disorders of salivary gland development and function, including the lacrimo-auriculodentodigital (LADD) syndrome, autosomal dominant hypoplasia/agenesis of salivary and/or lacrimal glands, chronic recurrent sialadenitis, polycystic-dysgenetic disease of the parotids and salivary calculi.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Wiedemann
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities; D012008:Recurrence; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012796:Sialography