MeSH definition : An autosomal recessive lipid storage disorder due to mutation of the gene CYP27A1
encoding a CHOLESTANETRIOL 26-MONOOXYGENASE. It is characterized by large deposits
of CHOLESTEROL and CHOLESTANOL in various tissues resulting in xanthomatous swelling
of tendons, early CATARACT, and progressive neurological symptoms.;
MeSH synonym : cerebrotendinous xanthomatoses; cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis; xanthomatoses, cerebrotendinous; van bogaert-scherer-epstein disease; bogaert-scherer-epstein disease, van; disease, van bogaert-scherer-epstein; van bogaert scherer epstein disease; cerebral cholesterinosis; cerebral cholesterinoses;
Wikipedia automatic translation : Cerebrotendineous xanthomatosis;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebrotendineous xanthomatosis;
An autosomal recessive lipid storage disorder due to mutation of the gene CYP27A1
encoding a CHOLESTANETRIOL 26-MONOOXYGENASE. It is characterized by large deposits
of CHOLESTEROL and CHOLESTANOL in various tissues resulting in xanthomatous swelling
of tendons, early CATARACT, and progressive neurological symptoms.
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