Term Name: | Bardet-Biedl syndrome |
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Definition: | A syndrome that results from mutations in multiple BBS genes affecting cellular cilia structure or function (ciliopathy) resulting in variable presentation and characterized principally by obesity, retinitis pigmentosa,vision loss, polydactyly, mental retardation, hypogonadism, and renal failure in some cases. |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:1935] ( DOID:1935 ) |