Desmosterolosis
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Desmosterolosis is a defect in cholesterol biosynthesis.[1]
It has been associated with 24-dehydrocholesterol reductase.[2]
It results in an accumulation of desmosterol.[3]
References
- ^ Herman GE (2003). "Disorders of cholesterol biosynthesis: prototypic metabolic malformation syndromes". Hum. Mol. Genet. 12 Spec No 1: R75–88. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddg072. PMID 12668600.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Waterham HR, Koster J, Romeijn GJ; et al. (2001). "Mutations in the 3beta-hydroxysterol Delta24-reductase gene cause desmosterolosis, an autosomal recessive disorder of cholesterol biosynthesis". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 69 (4): 685–94. doi:10.1086/323473. PMC 1226055. PMID 11519011.
{{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in:|author=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ FitzPatrick DR, Keeling JW, Evans MJ; et al. (1998). "Clinical phenotype of desmosterolosis". Am. J. Med. Genet. 75 (2): 145–52. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980113)75:2<145::AID-AJMG5>3.0.CO;2-S. PMID 9450875.
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