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A piebald person can be perfectly normal whereas Waardenburg syndrome is a group of genetic conditions that can cause hearing loss and hypopigmentation of the hair, skin, and eyes.
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Is waardenburg syndrome caused by a dominant or recessive allele?
Autosomal dominant allele
How many different types of disorders are there?
There's 20 different type in wikipedia. I have grand-mal seizure.
What is different between typical brain wave and Down syndrome brain wave?
A down syndrome brainwave is not as strong, because people with down syndrome are missing there 21st chromosome.
What is Walter mitty syndrome?
It is constantly fantasizing about a different world than your own.
What is the Effects of nondisjunction?
Non-disjunction can result in a number of different conditions, including Down Syndrome, Klinefelter Syndrome, Turner's Syndrome, Super Males, Triple X syndrome or Edward's Syndrome.
What is the name of the genetic syndrome when one develops a streak of silver hair spontaneously?
If you are referring to Poliosis (decrease or absence of melanin in hair of the head) there are a number of diseases associated with it, here are a few: Waardenburg Syndrome - associated with deafness Piebaldism - associated with abnormal skin pigmentation Partial Albinism - associated with eye problems Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome - associated with eye problems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliosis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waardenburg%27s_syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piebaldism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albinism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada
Who discovered waardenburg syndrome?
Pietrus sp? Waardenburg discovered Waardenburg syndrome in the Netherlands. It was the early 50s. I think it was 1951. He was a Dutch ophthmologist (eye doctor MD) who discovered many school children with different colored eyes (heterochromatica ) were deaf. WS is a leading cause of deafness.
Is waardenburg syndrome caused by a dominant or recessive allele?
Autosomal dominant allele
Does Waardenburg syndrome effect specfic populations of people more than others?
Waardenburg syndrome affects people of all ethnicities equally. However, certain features of the syndrome may be more noticeable in individuals with lighter skin and hair due to the contrast in pigmentation.
What type of genetic disorder is waardenburg syndrome?
Waardenburg synrome is an autosomal genetic disorder characterized by deafness, confluent brows, early grey hair as young as 12, different colored eyes or unusually brilliant blue eyes. Source US NIH Deafness and other communcation disorders. Its named Waardenburg because it was discovered Prietrus Waardenburg who noticed girls and boys with unmatching eyes tend to deafness. There are four main types.
What illness causes heterochromia?
Glaucoma, Waardenburg syndrome, Neurofibromatosis, or some mild infection infecting one eye.
What are some causes of deafness?
# Meningitis # Prebycusis # Otis Media # Tinnitus # Pematurity # Cytomegaloirus # treacher collinssyndrome # Waardenburg syndrome
What is Waardenburg's population?
The population of Waardenburg is 2,330.
Is waardenburg syndrome deadly?
I think the only way Waardenburg syndrome would be deadly is indirect. That is if one is deaf because of it If one crosses the street and doesn't the traffic going that would the way WS is deadly. In other words if because of deafness one is less conscience of possible dangers in one's life. The physical symptoms such as different colored eyes, eyebrows that tend to come together, premature gray haii is far from dangerous.
What percentage of cleft lip cases are associated with a genetic syndrome?
Approximately 5% of cleft conditions are associated with a genetic syndrome, including Van der Woude, Opitz, Aarskog, Fryns, Waardenburg, and Coffin-Siris.
When was Petrus Johannes Waardenburg born?
Petrus Johannes Waardenburg was born in 1886.
What is an integumentary disorder such as Waardenburg syndrome?
it is a large genatalia wart that only some men grow on the tip of there penis it is a large genatalia wart that only some men grow on the tip of there penis Waardenburg syndrome is a genetic disorder effecting hair, eye, facial pigment. It can effect facial features too such a shape of lips, nose bridge, eyebrows. It is most definitely not a genitalia , genital wart.
