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Clinical variability in ciliary disorders

The list of genetic diseases associated with dysfunction of primary cilia continues to expand. Two new studies add to this growing body of literature and provide a fascinating example of the clinical variability associated with ciliary disorders.

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Mykytyn, K. Clinical variability in ciliary disorders. Nat Genet 39, 818–819 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0707-818

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