X-linked ichthyosis due to steroid sulfatase deficiency associated with hypogonadism and anosmia
โ Scribed by G. Andria; A. Ballabio; G. Parenti
- Book ID
- 101467328
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 129 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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We report a large Italian pedigree in which five out of six males are affected by a syndrome, following an X-linked inheritance pattern, characterized by ichthyosis, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, and anosmia. The concurrence of features of X-linked ichthyosis (XLI) with those of Kallmann syndrome,
## Abstract We observed a boy with short stature, chondrodysplasia punctata, ichthyosis, and a terminal deletion of Xp. Steroid sulfatase deficiency was demonstrated in the patient's fibroblasts. Molecular analysis showed a deletion of the entire steroid sulfatase gene. This case represents another