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CASE REPORT
Year : 2012  |  Volume : 18  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 254-255

Waardenburg syndrome: A rare genetic disorder, a report of two cases


1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dental Sciences, Jammu, India
2 Sri Guru Ram Dass Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, India

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Kiran Rao
H. No. 1804, Bhushan Pura, Amritsar, Punjab
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-6866.100804

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Waardenburg syndrome (WS) is a rare genetic disorder. Patients have heterochromia or eyes with iris of different color, increased inter-canthal distance, distopia canthorum, pigmentation anomalies, and varying degree of deafness. It usually follows autosomal dominant pattern. In this report, two cases have been discussed but no familial history of WS has been found. Counseling of the patient is necessary and cases of irreversible deafness have been treated.


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