Waardenburg's syndrome

genetic condition involving hearing loss and depigmentation
MedicalCondition rare_disease Q1151801
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Waardenburg's syndrome

Summary

Waardenburg's syndrome is a rare disease[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Waardenburg's syndrome's instance of is recorded as rare disease[3].
  • Waardenburg's syndrome's instance of is recorded as class of disease[4].
  • Petrus Johannes Waardenburg is named after Waardenburg's syndrome[5].
  • Waardenburg's syndrome is a type of genetic deafness[6].
  • Waardenburg's syndrome is a type of autosomal dominant disease[7].
  • Waardenburg's syndrome is a type of syndrome[8].
  • Waardenburg's syndrome is a type of disease[9].
  • Waardenburg's syndrome's Commons category is recorded as Waardenburg syndrome[10].
  • Waardenburg's syndrome's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C85222[11].
  • Waardenburg's syndrome's health specialty is recorded as medical genetics[12].
  • Waardenburg's syndrome's genetic association is recorded as EDNRB[13].
  • Waardenburg's syndrome's genetic association is recorded as PAX3[14].
  • Waardenburg's syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9258[15].
  • Waardenburg's syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:9258[16].
  • Waardenburg's syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_3440[17].
  • Waardenburg's syndrome's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[18].
  • Waardenburg's syndrome's comorbidity is recorded as premature greying of hair[19].

Why It Matters

Waardenburg's syndrome has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Phenocarta release 2016-02-04. Retrieved . omim.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Waardenburg's syndrome patients have mutations in the human homologue of the Pax-3 paired box gene. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . omim.org. omim.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12h ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of genetic deafness, autosomal dominant disease, syndrome +1
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  2. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Health specialty medical genetics
    Instance of rare disease, class of disease
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