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Wildervanck syndrome

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A syndrome characterized by the combination of congenital deafness, Duane syndrome (eye retraction), and fusion of the neck vertebrae (Klippel-Feil anomaly).

Wildervanck syndrome is limited, or almost completely limited, to females.

The syndrome is probably due to polygenic inheritance with limitation to females and lethality for males

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