Treatment of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome and other sterol disorders
β Scribed by Svoboda, Melissa D.; Christie, Jill M.; Eroglu, Yasemen; Freeman, Kurt A.; Steiner, Robert D.
- Book ID
- 118751256
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 492 KB
- Volume
- 160C
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4868
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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 cho
Patients with the RSH or Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) have an inborn error of cholesterol biosynthesis which results in a deficiency of cholesterol and an elevation of the cholesterol precursor, 7-dehydrocholesterol. A treatment protocol consisting of administration of cholesterol Ψ bile acids