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The oligogenic properties of Bardet-Biedl syndrome.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Apr 2004
Katsanis Nicholas
Abstract excerpt
Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS: OMIM 209900) is a rare developmental disorder that exhibits significant clinical and genetic heterogeneity. Although modeled initially as a purely recessive trait, recent data have unmasked an oligogenic mode of disease transmission, in which mutations at different BBS loci can interact genetically in some families to cause and/or modify the phenotype. Here, I will review and discuss...
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