Lyngstadaas syndrome, also known as severe dental aberrations in familial steroid dehydrogenase deficiency,[1] is a rare autosomal recessive liver disease involving an enzyme (steroid dehydrogenase) deficiency and dental anomalies.[2][3] The disease is named after the Norwegian professor Ståle Petter Lyngstadaas.
| Lyngstadaas syndrome | |
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| Other names | Steroid dehydrogenase deficiency-dental anomalies syndrome |
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| This condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. | |
Cause
editLyngstadaas syndrome is an autosomal recessive liver disease.[4]
Diagnosis
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Management
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Epidemiology
editOffice of Rare Diseases listed Lyngstadaas syndrome as a "rare disease". This means that Lyngstadaas syndrome, or a subtype of Lyngstadaas syndrome, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population. [citation needed]
Orphanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Lyngstadaas syndrome as a "rare disease".[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Steroid dehydrogenase deficiency dental anomalies | Disease | Living With | Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) – an NCATS Program". rarediseases.info.nih.gov. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
- ^ Steroid dehydrogenase deficiency - dental anomalies Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatments and Causes - RightDiagnosis.com
- ^ RESERVED, INSERM US14 -- ALL RIGHTS. "Orphanet: Lyngstadaas syndrome". www.orpha.net. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
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