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Screening for mutation hotspots in Bardet-Biedl syndrome patients from India.
The Indian journal of medical research - 1 Feb 2018
Chandrasekar Sathya Priya, Namboothiri Sheela, Sen Parveen, Sarangapani Sripriya
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a genetically heterogeneous autosomal recessive disorder characterized by multiple organ defects involving retina, kidney, liver and brain. Disease-causing mutations in BBS genes narrowed down by homozygosity mapping in small consanguineous and non-consanguineous pedigrees were reported in 80 per cent of the study population. This study was aimed to screen...
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