Two siblings with Bardet-Biedl syndrome caused by mutations in BBS10 : the first case identified in Korea
Author(s) -
Sung Chul Yoon,
Hye Jin Lee,
Jung Min Ko,
Hee Gyung Kang,
Hae Il Cheong,
Hyeong Gon Yu,
Jae Hyung Kim
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of genetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2383-8442
DOI - 10.5734/jgm.2014.11.1.31
Subject(s) - bardet–biedl syndrome , ciliopathy , polydactyly , ciliopathies , genetics , phenotype , biology , dystrophy , nephronophthisis , genetic heterogeneity , gene
features or 3 primary and 2 secondary features [1,4]. In addition to the pleiotropic symptoms and signs observed clinically in multiple organ systems, the genetic background of BBS is quite heterogeneous with significant interand intrafamilial variations. The inheritance pattern of BBS is traditionally considered to be autosomal recessive [1]. To date, mutations in 16 genes have been identified as causative of BBS. All of these genes account for approximately 80% of clinically diagnosed cases of BBS. Among them, BBS1 and BBS10 are the 2 main genes involved in BBS, and each of these gene mutations presents in more than 20% of the cases [1]. To date, 7 clinically diagnosed cases of BBS have been reported Two siblings with Bardet–Biedl syndrome caused by mutations in BBS10: the first case identified in Korea
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