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Syndrome de Waardenburg - Klein

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

J. François
Affiliation:
Institut de Génétique Humaine de l'Université de Gand (Belgique)
P. Kluyskens
Affiliation:
Institut de Génétique Humaine de l'Université de Gand (Belgique)
M. TH. Matton-Van Leuven
Affiliation:
Institut de Génétique Humaine de l'Université de Gand (Belgique)
D. Manavian
Affiliation:
Institut de Génétique Humaine de l'Université de Gand (Belgique)
L. Rysenaer
Affiliation:
Institut de Génétique Humaine de l'Université de Gand (Belgique)

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In a family with 528 members, in 7 generations, 162 (47% of the 347 examined patients) showed a Waardenburg syndrome. The frequencies of the different signs are as follows: lateral displacement of the canthi interni and lacrimal puncta: 76%; hyperplasia of the nose root: 54%; hyperplasia of the eyebrows: 52%; deafness: 9%; heterochromia of the iris: 9%; partial albinism: 6%.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1965

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