Collaborative effort: managing Bardet-Biedl syndrome in pediatric patients. Case series and a literature review.

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Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS) is an autosomal recessive non-motile ciliopathy, caused by mutations in more than twenty genes. Their expression leads to the production of BBSome-building proteins or chaperon-like proteins supporting its structure. The prevalence of the disease is estimated at 1: 140,000 - 160,000 of life births. Its main clinical features are retinal dystrophy, polydactyly, obesity, cognitive...

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