The RSH/Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (RSH/SLOS) is a relatively common, autosomal recessive malformation syndrome comprising distinctive facial, limb and genital anomalies, and mental retardation. Most patients with a clinical diagnosis of RSH/SLOS have a defect of cholesterol biosynthesis at the leve
Prenatal death in Smith–Lemli–Opitz/RSH syndrome
✍ Scribed by Angelica R. Putnam; Juliana G. Szakacs; John M. Opitz; Janice L.B. Byrne
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 411 KB
- Volume
- 138A
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4825
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