Bardet Biedl syndrome in South Africa: A single founder mutation
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Bardet Biedl syndrome in South Africa: A single founder mutation.
BACKGROUND Bardet Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a multisystem disorder characterised by obesity, polydactyly, intellectual disability and loss of vision due to a progressive retinopathy. Although typically a highly heterogeneous autosomal recessive disease, homozygosity for single mutation in BBS 10 has been identified in a significant number of affected individuals tested in South Africa (SA). Objec...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Medical Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2078-5135
DOI: 10.7196/samj.2016.v106i6.11000