Clinical variability of across siblings.

BMJ Case Rep

Ophthalmology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.

Published: December 2024

Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS), an autosomal recessive ciliopathy with pleiotropic effects, manifests as a spectrum of anomalies involving multiple genes and affects fewer than 3,000 individuals in the USA. Due to its rarity and phenotypic variability, early diagnosis of BBS poses a significant challenge. Therefore, we aim to shed light on the intrafamilial phenotypic variation of BBS resulting from a variant by delineating the clinical presentation in two siblings.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11647075PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2024-261874DOI Listing

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