Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Bardet–Biedl syndrome is a rare multisystem autosomal recessive disorder that falls under the spectrum of ciliopathy disorders. This ciliopathy is characterized by rod–cone dystrophy, renal malformations, polydactyly, learning difficulties, central obesity, and hypogonadism [1]. It was first described by Bardet [2] in 1920 and then by Biedl [3] in 1922. Its prevalence in Europe and North America is 1:100 000 [4]. The incidence o...