Three Cases of Waardenburg's Syndrome in One Family
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
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: 1137-1142, 1987.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Warrdenburg's syndrome, a rare hereditary disease, may be transmitted as an irregular autosomal dominant traits, which is distinguished by lateral displacement of the medial canthi and inferior lacrimal puncta, broad and prominant nasal root, hyperplasia of the medial portions of the eye-brows, white or grey colored forelock, partial or total heterochromia of the irides, congenital deafness, etc. Recently, the authors have experienced three cases of Waardenburg's syndrome in one family. They were 29 year old male, his 4 year old son and 3 year old daughter. We report these interesting cases with a brief review of literatures.
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Main subject:
Waardenburg Syndrome
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Nuclear Family
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Deafness
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Genetic Diseases, Inborn
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Hyperplasia
Limits:
Adult
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
Year:
1987
Type:
Article
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