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Retinal nerve fibre layer thinning and corneal nerve loss in patients with Bardet-Biedl syndrome.
BMC medical genomics - 23 Nov 2023
Belkadi Aziz, Thareja Gaurav, Khan Adnan, Stephan Nisha, Zaghlool Shaza, Halama Anna, Ahmed Ayeda Abdulsalam, Mohamoud Yasmin A, Malek Joel, Suhre Karsten, Malik Rayaz A
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BACKGROUND: Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is an autosomal recessive, genetically heterogeneous, pleiotropic disorder caused by variants in genes involved in the function of the primary cilium. We have harnessed genomics to identify BBS and ophthalmic technologies to describe novel features of BBS. CASE PRESENTATION: A patient with an unclear diagnosis of syndromic type 2 diabetes mellitus, another affected sibling...
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