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Defects of cholesterol biosynthesis
20 Jul 2006
Abstract excerpt
Eight distinct inherited disorders have been linked to different enzyme defects in the isoprenoid/cholesterol biosynthetic pathway following the finding of abnormally increased levels of intermediate metabolites in patients and confirmed by the demonstration of disease-causing mutations in genes encoding the implicated enzymes. Patients afflicted with these disorders are characterized by multiple morphogenic and...
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