Bardet-Biedl syndrome: A rare genetic disease

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Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare multisystem genetic disease, with high phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity. Rod-cone dystrophy, obesity, polydactyly, hypogonadism, cognitive impairment and renal abnormalities have been established as primary features. There are 17 BBS genes (BBS1-BBS17) described to date, which explain 70-80% of the patients clinically diagnosed, therefore more BBS genes remain to be...

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