Bardet-Biedl syndrome
Autosomal recessive
A recessive ciliopathy caused by variants in more than 20 genes (most often BBS1 and BBS10) that causes retinal dystrophy, obesity, extra fingers or toes, kidney anomalies and learning difficulties.
What a diagnosis changes
Diagnosis allows eye, kidney and diabetes surveillance, and setmelanotide is an approved treatment for obesity in Bardet-Biedl syndrome.
Genes analysed
Also known as
BBS
Includes 22 related subtypes ↓Hide subtypes ↑
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 1
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 10
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 11
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 12
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 13
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 14
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 15
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 16
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 17
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 18
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 19
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 2
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 20
- bardet-biedl syndrome 21
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 22
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 3
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 4
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 5
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 6
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 7
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 8
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome 9
