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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.

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