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A novel homozygous 10 nucleotide deletion in BBS10 causes Bardet-Biedl syndrome in a Pakistani family.
Gene - 25 Apr 2013
Agha Zehra, Iqbal Zafar, Azam Maleeha, Hoefsloot Lies H, van Bokhoven Hans, Qamar Raheel
Abstract excerpt
Bardet-Biedl Syndrome is a multisystem autosomal recessive disorder characterized by central obesity, polydactyly, hypogonadism, learning difficulties, rod-cone dystrophy and renal dysplasia. Bardet-Biedl Syndrome has a prevalence rate ranging from 1 in 100,000 to 1 in 160,000 births although there are communities where Bardet-Biedl Syndrome is found at a higher frequency due to consanguinity. We report here a...
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