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Genetic predictors of cardiovascular morbidity in Bardet-Biedl syndrome.
Clinical genetics - 1 Apr 2015
Forsythe E, Sparks K, Hoskins B E, Bagkeris E, McGowan B M, Carroll P V, Huda M S B, Mujahid S, Peters C, Barrett T, Mohammed S, Beales P L
Abstract excerpt
Bardet-Biedl syndrome is a rare ciliopathy characterized by retinal dystrophy, obesity, intellectual disability, polydactyly, hypogonadism and renal impairment. Patients are at high risk of cardiovascular disease. Mutations in BBS1 and BBS10 account for more than half of those with molecular confirmation of the diagnosis. To elucidate genotype-phenotype correlations with respect to cardiovascular risk indicators...
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