Ml. Guionalmeida et al., BLEPHARO-CHEILO-DONTIC (BCD) SYNDROME - REPORT ON 4 NEW PATIENTS, American journal of medical genetics, 76(2), 1998, pp. 133-136
We report on four Brazilian patients with, among other signs, cleft li
p and palate, dental anomalies, ectropion of the lower eyelids, eurybl
epharon, and lagophthalmia, Two were sporadic cases and two were famil
ial cases, a mother and her equally affected son, Recently, the report
s with different combination of these signs were reviewed by Gorlin et
al, [1996; Am J Med Genet 65:109-112] and named blepharo-cheilo-donti
c (BCD) syndrome, Variable expressivity and autosomal dominant inherit
ance were observed. (C) 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.