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Genetic and mutational analyses of a large multiethnic Bardet-Biedl cohort reveal a minor involvement of BBS6 and delineate the critical intervals of other loci.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 2001
Beales P L, Katsanis N, Lewis R A, Ansley S J, Elcioglu N, Raza J, Woods M O, Green J S, Parfrey P S, Davidson W S, Lupski J R
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Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized primarily by obesity, polydactyly, retinal dystrophy, and renal disease. The significant genetic and clinical heterogeneity of this condition have substantially hindered efforts to positionally clone the numerous BBS genes, because the majority of available pedigrees are small and the disorder cannot be assigned to any of the six...
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