Urologic manifestations of Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome

Urology. 1983 Jun;21(6):581-3. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(83)90196-6.

Abstract

Although uremia is the major cause of death in more than 30 per cent of patients with Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome, little attention has been paid to this rare syndrome in the urologic literature. We herein report on 3 patients with this syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Hematuria / etiology
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases / etiology*
  • Laurence-Moon Syndrome / complications*
  • Laurence-Moon Syndrome / genetics
  • Urination Disorders / etiology