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Descriptor English: Waardenburg Syndrome
Descriptor Spanish: Síndrome de Waardenburg
Descriptor síndrome de Waardenburg
Entry term(s) síndrome de Klein Waardenburg
Scope note: Rara enfermedad autosómica dominante, con distribución variable y diversos tipos clínicos conocidos. Entre sus características se incluyen: despigmentación del cabello y piel, sordera congénita, heterocromía del iris, hiperplasia palpebral media, hipertrofia de la raíz nasal, y especialmente, distopia cantorum. La causa subyacente puede ser el desarrollo defectuoso de la cresta neural (neurocristopatía). El síndrome de Waardenburg puede estar muy relacionado con el piebaldismo. El Síndrome Klein-Waardenburg se refiere a un trastorno que incluye también anomalías de las extremidades superiores.
Descriptor Portuguese: Síndrome de Waardenburg
Descriptor French: Syndrome de Waardenburg
Entry term(s): Klein Syndrome
Klein Waardenburg Syndrome
Klein's Syndrome
Klein-Waardenburg Syndrome
Kleins Syndrome
Syndrome, Klein
Syndrome, Klein's
Syndrome, Klein-Waardenburg
Syndrome, Waardenburg
Syndrome, Waardenburg's
Syndrome, Waardenburg-Klein
Waardenburg Klein Syndrome
Waardenburg Syndrome Type 1
Waardenburg Syndrome Type 3
Waardenburg Syndrome with Dystopia Canthorum
Waardenburg Syndrome with Upper Limb Anomalies
Waardenburg Syndrome, Type 1
Waardenburg Syndrome, Type 3
Waardenburg Syndrome, Type III
Waardenburg's Syndrome
Waardenburg's Syndrome Type 1
Waardenburg-Klein Syndrome
Waardenburgs Syndrome
White Forelock (Poliosis) Syndrome with Multiple Congenital Malformations
Tree number(s): C16.131.077.938
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014849
Scope note: Rare, autosomal dominant disease with variable penetrance and several known clinical types. Characteristics may include depigmentation of the hair and skin, congenital deafness, heterochromia iridis, medial eyebrow hyperplasia, hypertrophy of the nasal root, and especially dystopia canthorum. The underlying cause may be defective development of the neural crest (neurocristopathy). Waardenburg's syndrome may be closely related to piebaldism. Klein-Waardenburg Syndrome refers to a disorder that also includes upper limb abnormalities.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2013 (1966); see ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE 1975-1990; Waardenburg's Syndrome 1991-2012
History Note: 2013 (1966); use ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE 1975-1990; Waardenburg's Syndrome 1991-2012
Related: Piebaldism MeSH
DeCS ID: 15250
Unique ID: D014849
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Waardenburg Syndrome - Preferred
Concept UI M0022860
Scope note Rare, autosomal dominant disease with variable penetrance and several known clinical types. Characteristics may include depigmentation of the hair and skin, congenital deafness, heterochromia iridis, medial eyebrow hyperplasia, hypertrophy of the nasal root, and especially dystopia canthorum. The underlying cause may be defective development of the neural crest (neurocristopathy). Waardenburg's syndrome may be closely related to piebaldism. Klein-Waardenburg Syndrome refers to a disorder that also includes upper limb abnormalities.
Preferred term Waardenburg Syndrome
Entry term(s) Syndrome, Waardenburg
Syndrome, Waardenburg's
Waardenburg's Syndrome
Waardenburgs Syndrome
Waardenburg Syndrome Type 1 - Narrower
Concept UI M0561583
Preferred term Waardenburg Syndrome Type 1
Entry term(s) Waardenburg Syndrome with Dystopia Canthorum
Waardenburg Syndrome, Type 1
Waardenburg's Syndrome Type 1
Klein Syndrome - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0022861
Preferred term Klein Syndrome
Entry term(s) Klein Waardenburg Syndrome
Klein's Syndrome
Klein-Waardenburg Syndrome
Kleins Syndrome
Syndrome, Klein
Syndrome, Klein's
Syndrome, Klein-Waardenburg
Syndrome, Waardenburg-Klein
Waardenburg Klein Syndrome
Waardenburg Syndrome Type 3
Waardenburg Syndrome with Upper Limb Anomalies
Waardenburg Syndrome, Type 3
Waardenburg Syndrome, Type III
Waardenburg-Klein Syndrome
White Forelock (Poliosis) Syndrome with Multiple Congenital Malformations



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