Waardenburg syndrome, Hirschsprung megacolon, and Marcus Gunn ptosis
β Scribed by Meire, F. ;Standaert, L. ;De Laey, J. J. ;Zeng, L. H. ;Neri, Giovanni
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 290 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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We have studied a large Mennonite kindred in which 20 members were affected with Hirschsprung disease (HSCR), 5 of whom had one or more manifestations of Waardenburg syndrome (WS) type I1 (WS2). Eleven additional relatives had signs of WS2 without HSCR. Since HSCR and WS2 each represent perturbation
## Abstract Type 4 Waardenburg syndrome represents a well define entity caused by neural crest derivatives anomalies (melanocytes, intrinsic ganglion cells, central, autonomous and peripheral nervous systems) leading, with variable expressivity, to pigmentary anomalies, deafness, mental retardation