Wilms tumor, aniridia, genitourinary anomalies and mental retardation syndrome. For language access assistance, contact the ncats public information officer. Genetic and rare diseases information center gard po box 8126, gaithersburg, md 208988126 tollfree. Wilms tumor, anirida, genitourinary anomalies, and intellectual disability formerly referred to as mental retardation people with wagr syndrome have a 45 to 60 percent chance of developing wilms tumor, a rare form of kidney cancer. The wagr syndrome is a multiple congenital anomalymental retardation syndrome caused by interstitial deletion of the distal portion of chromosome 11p.
What is wagr syndrome international wagr syndrome association. Wagr syndrome is a rare syndrome which involves microdeletions of the short arm of chromosome 11 at band 11p. Org home of the internation wagr syndrome association. We report on 54 cases of wagr syndrome to demonstrate both the classical clinical signs and. This type of cancer is most often diagnosed in children but is. File returns and reports as quickly as possible following the due dates. The g is sometimes instead given as gonadoblastoma. Ideal sources for wikipedia s health content are defined in the guideline wikipedia.
The clinical features are wilms tumor, amiridia, genitourinary abnormalities and. Explore the advantages of using the edds eservices for business that enables employers to file their returns and reports electronically. Here are links to possibly useful sources of information about wagr syndrome. A collection of disease information resources and questions answered by our genetic and rare diseases information specialists for wagr syndrome.
Wagr syndrome also known as wagr complex, wilms tumouraniridia syndrome, aniridiawilms tumour syndrome is a rare genetic syndrome in which affected children are predisposed to develop wilms tumour a tumour of the kidneys, aniridia absence of the coloured part of the eye, the iris, genitourinary anomalies, and mental retardation. About one half of individuals who have wagr syndrome develop a type of. Wagr syndrome genetic and rare diseases information center. Media in category wagr syndrome this category contains only the following file. Wagr syndrome is a disorder that affects many body systems and is named for its main features. After aniridia, gu abnormalities, and mental retardation agr syndrome or wilms tumor aniridia, gu abnormalities, and mental retardation wagr syndrome is diagnosed, gu abnormalities must be evaluated immediately, and the patient should be referred to a pediatric urologist. The cause of wagr syndrome is deletion of a group of genes located on. If you have problems viewing pdf files, download the latest version of adobe reader. Habilidades cognitivas versus habilidades del lenguaje en. If you allow us to do so, we also inform our social media, advertising and analysis partners about your use of our website.
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