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Original Article

Waardenburg's Syndrome: A Comparison of Biometric Indices used to Diagnose Lateral Displacement of the Inner Canthi

Pages 221-223 | Received 08 May 1989, Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Clinical inspection may be sufficient to diagnose Waarden-burg's syndrome Type 1 in most individuals but in some the presence of lateral displacement of the medial canthi may not be apparant. In such instances biometric indices are used to determine whether or not this feature is present. In this paper the discriminant ability of 7 biometric indices are examined and compared and the most efficient are identified. The results showed that indices based upon the three interocular distances: inner canthal, interpupillary and outer canthal measurements, were the more accurate indicators.

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