American J o u r n a l of Medical Genetics 44387 (1992)

Letter to the Editor Ectrodactyly, Cleft Lip/Palate Syndrome To The Editor:

REFERENCES Fried K (1972):Ectrodactyly-ectodermaldysplasia-clefting(EEC)Syn-

drome. Clin Genet 3:396-400. I read with great interest the article of Fbdini et al. ESO, Freitas JAS, Richieri-Costa A (1991): Ectrodactyly, cleft [1991] in this journal, “Ectrodactyly, Cleft LiplPalate Rodini lip/palate syndrome. Am J Med Genet 38539-541. Syndrome.” It states: “In the EEC syndrome, incomplete forms occurring without clefting [Fried, 1972;. . . I.” K. Fried This is a mistake. In the report [Fried, 19723,there is a University Department of Genetics description of a case of EEC syndrome with bilateral Assaf Haroffe Medical Center cleft lip and palate and this was clearly stated in the text Zerifin, 70300 Israel as well as demonstrated in Figure 1.

Received January 15, 1992. Address reprint request to Dr. K. Fried, University Department of Genetics, Assaf Haroffe Medical Center, POB Beer Yaakov, Zerifin 70300, Israel.

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