WAGR Syndrome: A syndrome that is due to the deletion of chromosome 11. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of WAGR Syndrome is available below.
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A very rare congenital condition involving the complex of Wilms' tumor, aniridia, genitourinary abnormalities, and mental retardation. Wilms Tumor-Aniridia-Genitourinary Anomalies-Mental Retardation (WAGR) syndrome involves hemizygous deletions of several adjacent genes in chromosome region 11p13. Two or more of the four conditions must be present for an individual to be diagnosed with WAGR Syndrome. The clinical picture varies, depending upon the combination of abnormalities. --2004 - (Source - Diseases Database)
WAGR Syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that WAGR Syndrome, or a subtype of WAGR Syndrome,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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