Antenatal presentation of Bardet-Biedl syndrome may mimic Meckel syndrome.
Karmous-Benailly H, Martinovic J, Gubler MC, Sirot Y, Clech L, Ozilou C, Auge J, Brahimi N, Etchevers H, Detrait E, Esculpavit C, Audollent S, Goudefroye G, Gonzales M, Tantau J, Loget P, Joubert M, Gaillard D, Jeanne-Pasquier C, Delezoide AL, Peter MO, Plessis G, Simon-Bouy B, Dollfus H, Le Merrer M, Munnich A, Encha-Razavi F, Vekemans M, Attié-Bitach T.
Karmous-Benailly H, et al.
Am J Hum Genet. 2005 Mar;76(3):493-504. doi: 10.1086/428679. Epub 2005 Jan 21.
Am J Hum Genet. 2005.
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These fetuses were mostly diagnosed as having Meckel or "Meckel-like" syndrome. In six cases, we identified a recessive mutation in a BBS gene (three in BBS2, two in BBS4, and one in BBS6). ...These results suggest that the antenatal presentation of BBS may mimic …
These fetuses were mostly diagnosed as having Meckel or "Meckel-like" syndrome. In six cases, we identified a recessive mutati …