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Ultrasound evaluation of kidney and liver involvement in Bardet–Biedl syndrome
12 Nov 2024
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BACKGROUND: Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare autosomal-recessive ciliopathy with pathogenic variants in 26 BBS genes. It affects multiple organs, including the kidney and liver, with varying degrees regarding extent and time of first manifestation. Structural renal anomalies are an early feature and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) cumulates to 25% in adulthood. Early-onset hyperphagia-associated obesity is...
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