The syndrome of Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl and allied diseases in Switzerland: clinical, genetic and epidemiological studies

D Klein, F Ammann - Journal of the neurological sciences, 1969 - Elsevier
As there does not yet exist in the literature a nationwide study devoted to the Laurence-
Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BB syndrome), we felt justified in undertaking such a study in
Switzerland. The study deals in particular with the frequency, the clinical variability, the
mode of inheritance, the evolution and the nosological position of the syndrome, as
compared with that of the simple pigmentary retinopathias. The inquiry was carried out
between November 1964 and May 1966. We started with 29 cases that were registered in …