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Waardenburg syndrome type 4: report of two new cases caused by SOX10 mutations in Spain.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Feb 2014
Fernández Raquel M, Núñez-Ramos Raquel, Enguix-Riego M Valle, Román-Rodríguez Francisco José, Galán-Gómez Enrique, Blesa-Sánchez Emilio, Antiñolo Guillermo, Núñez-Núñez Ramón, Borrego Salud
Abstract excerpt
Shah-Waardenburg syndrome or Waardenburg syndrome type 4 (WS4) is a neurocristopathy characterized by the association of deafness, depigmentation and Hirschsprung disease. Three disease-causing genes have been identified so far for WS4: EDNRB, EDN3, and SOX10. SOX10 mutations, found in 45-55% of WS4 patients, are inherited in autosomal dominant way. In addition, mutations in SOX10 are also responsible for an...
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