Bardet-Biedl syndrome presenting with early-onset infantile obesity.

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Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare, autosomal recessive genetic disorder. Polydactyly, obesity, pigmentary retinal degeneration, intellectual disability, kidney abnormalities and hypogonadism are common features. We report an infant who presented with obesity, micropenis, polydactyly and syndromic features, raising suspicion of a genetic syndrome. Infantile obesity is among the most common clinical findings in...

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