Pathophysiology of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis.

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Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) is a rare autosomal-recessive lipid storage disease caused by mutations in the CYP27A1 gene, which lead to deficiency of the mitochondrial enzyme, sterol 27-hydroxylase, resulting in the accumulation of cholestanol in the serum and many affected lesions. To date, more than 50 different CYP27A1 mutations, including missense mutations, frameshifts, and splice site mutations,...

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