Vol. 18 Issue No. 1 March 2021 / Article

Familial deafness and iris atrophy-Report from Nigeria

Yusuf T
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
drtjry@gmail.com

Babarinde JO

Olajide I

Owolabi T

Popoola KO

Musa I

Adedeji WA

Vangerwua B

Abraham TF

Abstract
Waardenburg’s syndrome (WS) is an uncommon autosomal dominant or recessive disorder. The complete syndrome is rare and variation in the clinical presentation of WS is due to the expression of different genes. Herein we report a familial case of a man and his children a boy and a girl, who have iris atrophy with deafness. The diagnosis of Waardenburg’s syndrome was made because three major diagnostic criteria were identified in them. KEYWORDS: Waardenburg syndrome, sensorineural hearing loss, autosomal dominant, iris atrophy, gene

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2021-03-11

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Yusuf T, Babarinde JO, Olajide I, Owolabi T, Popoola KO, Musa I, Adedeji WA, Vangerwua B, Abraham TF, Fasina O, Lasisi OA. Familial deafness and iris atrophy-Report from Nigeria. Nig J Otorhinolaryngol 2021; 1(18): 17-19

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Vol. 18 Issue No. 1 March 2021 / Article

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