title: Bardet-biedl syndrome and brain abnormalities.
abstract: Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder with clinical and genetic heterogeneity. The main features are obesity, polydactyly, pigmentary retinopathy, learning disabilities, hypogonadism, and renal abnormalities. To date, eleven genes have been cloned but there is still little knowledge about genotype/phenotype correlations. We describe three additional cases with BBS and cerebral abnormalities and focus on cerebellar abnormalities in BBS.
authors.affiliation: Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU Pellegrin-Enfants, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rooryck
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pelras
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Chateil
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cances
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Arveiler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verloes
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lacombe
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goizet
mesh_terms: D020788:Bardet-Biedl Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male