Waardenburg syndrome and Hirschsprung disease: evidence for pleiotropic effects of a single dominant gene.

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Segregation and linkage analysis was performed on published data on 5 families segregating for Waardenburg syndrome (WS) and Hirschsprung disease (HRSD). Two of these families demonstrated parental consanguinity. On the basis of these families, autosomal recessive inheritance of the combination WS-HRSD has been postulated. However, a single dominant gene with pleiotropic effects leading to WS and HRSD, with a...

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