Iris coloboma: A New Finding Of Waardenburg Syndromes ?
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https://doi.org/10.14259/tcb.v1i1.56Keywords:
Waardenburg Syndrome, WS2, iris heterochromia, iris colobomaAbstract
Waardenburg syndromes (WS) are characterized by deafness together with pigmentation anomalies. They can be distinguished by clinical findings such as dystopia canthorum within the phenotypic series. WS type 2 (WS2) is characterized by congenital deafness and pigmentation anomalies and different than WS1 with the absence of dystopia canthorum. In our paper, we present a WS2 case featuring bilateral iris coloboma.References
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