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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, WS is caused by mutations in the PAX3 gene on chromosome 2q. We have typed microsatellite markers within and flanking...
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