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waardenburg syndrome?

2007-02-24 04:12:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health Diseases & Conditions Other - Diseases

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Waardenburg syndrome is a genetic disorder that may be evident at birth.. The range and severity of associated symptoms and findings may vary greatly from case to case. However, primary features often include distinctive facial abnormalities; unusually diminished coloration of the hair, the skin, and/or the iris of both eyes; and/or congenital deafness.
Some affected individuals may have hearing impairment due to abnormalities of the inner ear.
In addition, pigmentary abnormalities may include a white lock of hair growing above the forehead (white forelock); premature graying or whitening of the hair; differences in the coloration of the two irides or in different regions of the same iris and/or patchy, abnormally light regions of skin.

2007-02-24 04:57:13 · answer #1 · answered by Mary T 2 · 0 0

It is a condition in which there is a white forelock, white patches on the skin, a displaced tear gland hole, eyes with different coloured irises. It is genetically transmitted. It is autosomal dominant. One affected parent can transmit it to a child and both males and females can be affected.There is a 50% chance of a child getting it from a parent.

2007-02-24 04:28:38 · answer #2 · answered by yakkydoc 6 · 0 0

Go to web md. I'm sure it will give you the information you need.

2007-02-24 04:23:01 · answer #3 · answered by julie i 3 · 0 0

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