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Evaluation of complex inheritance involving the most common Bardet-Biedl syndrome locus (BBS1).
American journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 2003
Mykytyn Kirk, Nishimura Darryl Y, Searby Charles C, Beck Gretel, Bugge Kevin, Haines Heidi L, Cornier Alberto S, Cox Gerald F, Fulton Anne B, Carmi Rivka, Iannaccone Alessandro, Jacobson Samuel G, Weleber Richard G, Wright Alan F, Riise Ruth, Hennekam Raoul C M, Lüleci Güven, Berker-Karauzum Sibel, Biesecker Leslie G, Stone Edwin M, Sheffield Val C
Abstract excerpt
Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a genetic disorder with the primary features of obesity, pigmentary retinopathy, polydactyly, renal malformations, mental retardation, and hypogenitalism. Patients with BBS are also at increased risk for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and congenital heart disease. BBS is known to map to at least six loci: 11q13 (BBS1), 16q21 (BBS2), 3p13-p12 (BBS3), 15q22.3-q23 (BBS4), 2q31...
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