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Genotype-phenotype correlations in Bardet-Biedl syndrome.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Jul 2012
Daniels Anthony B, Sandberg Michael A, Chen Jianjun, Weigel-DiFranco Carol, Fielding Hejtmancic J, Berson Eliot L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether mutations in different Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) genes result in different ocular phenotypes. METHODS: Thirty-seven patients from 31 families were enrolled who met the clinical criteria for BBS and for whom a BBS mutation had been identified. Seventeen patients harbored mutations in BBS1, 10 in BBS10, and 10 in other genes (BBS2, BBS3, BBS5, BBS7, and BBS12). All the patients...
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