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Mesoaxial polydactyly is a major feature in Bardet-Biedl syndrome patients with LZTFL1 (BBS17) mutations.
Clinical genetics - 1 May 2014
Schaefer E, Lauer J, Durand M, Pelletier V, Obringer C, Claussmann A, Braun J-J, Redin C, Mathis C, Muller J, Schmidt-Mutter C, Flori E, Marion V, Stoetzel C, Dollfus H
Abstract excerpt
Ciliopathies are heterogeneous disorders sharing different clinical signs due to a defect at the level of the primary cilia/centrosome complex. Postaxial polydactyly is frequently reported in ciliopathies, especially in Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS). Clinical features and genetic results observed in a pair of dizygotic twins with BBS are reported. The following manifestations were present: retinitis pigmentosa,...
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