The result: Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome (WSS), a disorder that causes developmental delay. With that, the Boyers were plunged into the maddening world of rare diseases. Bikini and a feeding tube ...

Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome is a rare genetic disease. Patients typically suffer from several handicaps and physical symptoms and often struggle with cognitive deficits from childhood on.

The Stuarts rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. This time, tests came back positive for Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome (WSS), an incredibly rare disorder caused by a small mutation of ...

Doctors found that she wasn't allergic to dairy and just before her second birthday, she was diagnosed with Wiedemann–Steiner syndrome. The genetic disorder can cause developmental delay ...

Learning disabilities commonly found in Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome can now be investigated in the lab Apr 2, 2015 New genetic markers for a rarer form of type 1 diabetes ...

Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome (WSS) is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in Mixed Lineage Leukemia (MLL/KMT2A) gene which causes Leukemia or blood cancer. MLL protein is a type of enzyme ...

Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome is a growth disorder that affects children. It may also increase a child’s risk of developing certain cancers. There’s no cure for BWS, but symptoms can be managed.

Madeline Nordhoy was born with an extremely rare genetic disorder now known as Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome. To honor their daughter and help families that might struggle to take care of their ...

A study by Dr Shweta Tyagi’s lab at CDFD focuses on the molecular causes of microcephaly and Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome (WSS), a rare disorder linked to mutations in the MLL gene. WSS causes ...

Genetic and epigenetic mutations of these genes cause Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome (BWS: OMIM 130650), an overgrowth disorder, or Silver–Russell syndrome (SRS: OMIM 180860), which is ...