Congenital absence of lacrimal puncta and salivary glands: Report of a Brazilian family and review

Authors
Ferreira, APS Gomez, RS Castro, WH Calixto, NS Silva, RAP Aguiar, MJB
Citation
Aps. Ferreira et al., Congenital absence of lacrimal puncta and salivary glands: Report of a Brazilian family and review, AM J MED G, 94(1), 2000, pp. 32-34
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Molecular Biology & Genetics
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS
ISSN journal
01487299 → ACNP
Volume
94
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
32 - 34
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-7299(20000904)94:1<32:CAOLPA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Congenital absence of the salivary glands and lacrimal puncta is a rare aut osomal-dominant disorder with variable expressivity, Only a few instances o f this condition have been reported. We present the first Brazilian observa tion of this syndrome and a review of the literature. (C) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.