Article
Locus heterogeneity for Waardenburg syndrome is predictive of clinical subtypes.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Oct 1994
Farrer L A, Arnos K S, Asher J H, Baldwin C T, Diehl S R, Friedman T B, Greenberg J, Grundfast K M, Hoth C, Lalwani A K
Abstract excerpt
Waardenburg syndrome (WS) is a dominantly inherited and clinically variable syndrome of deafness, pigmentary changes, and distinctive facial features. Clinically, WS type I (WS1) is differentiated from WS type II (WS2) by the high frequency of dystopia canthorum in the family. In some families, W...
Topics
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
- DNA, Satellite
- Family
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Humans
- Lod Score
- Male
- Mutation
- Pedigree
