Forsyth RaeLynn, Gunay-Aygun Meral
Departments of Pediatrics and Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Professor of Pediatrics and Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
The purpose of this overview is to: 1.. Describe the clinical characteristics of Bardet-Biedl syndrome; 2.. Review the genetic causes of Bardet-Biedl syndrome; 3.. Provide an evaluation strategy to identify the genetic cause of Bardet-Biedl syndrome in a proband (when possible); 4.. Review management of Bardet-Biedl syndrome; 5.. Inform genetic counseling of family members of an individual with Bardet-Biedl syndrome.