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THE LAURENCE-MOON-BIEDL-BARDET SYNDROME

Report of Three Cases in a Jewish Yemenite Family

M. Levy 1; M. Lotem 1; ; and A. Fried 1

1 Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Tel Aviv University Medical School, Beilinson Medical Center, Petal, Tiqvah; Israel

1. Three cases of the Laurence-Moon-Biedl-Bardet syndrome occurring in a Yemenite family are presented. The parents were first cousins.

2. In two of the patients the complete syndrome, which comprises retinitis pigmentosa, polydactyly, obesity, genital hypoplasia and mental retardation, was found. The patients also had abnormalities of the hips.
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Hip, Knee, Trauma, Upper limb, Foot & Ankle, Paediatrics, Oncology, Spine, Arthroplasty, General