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Tietz/Waardenburg type 2A syndrome associated with posterior microphthalmos in two unrelated patients with novel MITF gene mutations.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Dec 2016
Cortés-González Vianney, Zenteno Juan Carlos, Guzmán-Sánchez Martín, Giordano-Herrera Verónica, Guadarrama-Vallejo Dalia, Ruíz-Quintero Narlly, Villanueva-Mendoza Cristina
Abstract excerpt
Tietz syndrome and Waardenburg syndrome type 2A are allelic conditions caused by MITF mutations. Tietz syndrome is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern and is characterized by congenital deafness and generalized skin, hair, and eye hypopigmentation, while Waardenburg syndrome type 2A typically includes variable degrees of sensorineural hearing loss and patches of de-pigmented skin, hair, and irides. In this...
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