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The incidence of deafness is non-randomly distributed among families segregating for Waardenburg syndrome type 1 (WS1).
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jun 1997
Morell R, Friedman T B, Asher J H, Robbins L G
Abstract excerpt
Waardenburg syndrome (WS) is caused by autosomal dominant mutations, and is characterised by pigmentary anomalies and various defects of neural crest derived tissues. It accounts for over 2% of congenital deafness. WS shows high variability in expressivity within families and differences in penetrance of clinical traits between families. While mutations in the gene PAX3 seem to be responsible for most, if not...
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