Renal transplant in a child with Bardet-Biedl syndrome: A rare cause of end-stage renal disease

Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare cause of renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy. It is an autosomal recessive condition characterized by retinitis pigmentosa, postaxial polydactyly, central obesity, mental retardation, hypogonadism, and renal involvement. We report the first success...

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Autores principales: Hooda, A. K., Karan, S. C., Bishnoi, J. S., Nandwani, A., Sinha, T.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20436731
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.57108
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author Hooda, A. K.
Karan, S. C.
Bishnoi, J. S.
Nandwani, A.
Sinha, T.
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Bishnoi, J. S.
Nandwani, A.
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description Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare cause of renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy. It is an autosomal recessive condition characterized by retinitis pigmentosa, postaxial polydactyly, central obesity, mental retardation, hypogonadism, and renal involvement. We report the first successful renal transplant in a case of BBS from India.
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spelling pubmed-28594762010-04-30 Renal transplant in a child with Bardet-Biedl syndrome: A rare cause of end-stage renal disease Hooda, A. K. Karan, S. C. Bishnoi, J. S. Nandwani, A. Sinha, T. Indian J Nephrol Case Report Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare cause of renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy. It is an autosomal recessive condition characterized by retinitis pigmentosa, postaxial polydactyly, central obesity, mental retardation, hypogonadism, and renal involvement. We report the first successful renal transplant in a case of BBS from India. Medknow Publications 2009-07 /pmc/articles/PMC2859476/ /pubmed/20436731 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.57108 Text en © Indian Journal of Nephrology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Hooda, A. K.
Karan, S. C.
Bishnoi, J. S.
Nandwani, A.
Sinha, T.
Renal transplant in a child with Bardet-Biedl syndrome: A rare cause of end-stage renal disease
title Renal transplant in a child with Bardet-Biedl syndrome: A rare cause of end-stage renal disease
title_full Renal transplant in a child with Bardet-Biedl syndrome: A rare cause of end-stage renal disease
title_fullStr Renal transplant in a child with Bardet-Biedl syndrome: A rare cause of end-stage renal disease
title_full_unstemmed Renal transplant in a child with Bardet-Biedl syndrome: A rare cause of end-stage renal disease
title_short Renal transplant in a child with Bardet-Biedl syndrome: A rare cause of end-stage renal disease
title_sort renal transplant in a child with bardet-biedl syndrome: a rare cause of end-stage renal disease
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20436731
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.57108
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