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Variant RSH/Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome with atypical sterol metabolism.
American journal of medical genetics - 6 Aug 1998
Anderson A J, Stephan M J, Walker W O, Kelley R I
Abstract excerpt
The RSH/Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (RSH/SLOS) is an autosomal recessive malformation syndrome comprising microcephaly, developmental and growth retardation, characteristic facial anomalies, midline cleft palate, and genital and limb anomalies. Recently, biochemical evidence of an inborn error of cholesterol biosynthesis at the level of 7-dehydrocholesterol (7DHC) reductase was reported in children and adults with...
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