Van der Woude syndrome with mental retardation: case report.
A report of a four and half-year old African patient with Van der Woude syndrome and mental retardation is reported. In addition to cleft lip/palate, hypodontia and lower lip pits; features consistent with Van der Woude syndrome, he manifested features consistent with growth and mental retardation. A genetic basis for these associated features can only be determined by detailed karyotype studies.
Ugwu
B T
BT
Department of Surgery, Jos University Teaching Hospital, P.M.B. 2076, Jos, Nigeria.
Momoh
J T
JT
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D000848:Anodontia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1 / Q000235:genetics; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D008046:Lip / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome; D014178:Translocation, Genetic / Q000235:genetics