Farag T I, Teebi A S
Kuwait Medical Genetics Centre, Maternity Hospital.
Clin Genet. 1988 Feb;33(2):78-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1988.tb03414.x.
In the Arab population of Kuwait of approximately 1.3 million, 26 cases in 15 families were ascertained to have Bardet-Biedl syndrome (20 cases in 13 families) or Laurence-Moon syndrome (6 cases in 2 families). The apparently increased frequency of these interrelated autosomal recessive syndromes in Arabs is discussed in view of the high consanguinity rate and large family size.
