cer·e·bro·ten·di·nous xan·tho·ma·to·sis

[MIM*213700]

a metabolic disorder associated with deposition of cholestanol and cholesterol in the brain and other tissues; plasma cholestanol level is high but plasma cholesterol level is normal; characterized by progressive cerebellar ataxia beginning after puberty, cataracts, spinal cord involvement, premature atherosclerosis, and tendinous or tuberous xanthomata; due to a defect in hepatic mitochondrial sterol 27-hydroxylase in bile acid biosynthesis; autosomal recessive inheritance, caused by mutation in the gene involved in cytochrome P-450 in the C27 position (CYP27) on chromosome 2q.

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cer·e·bro·ten·di·nous xan·tho·ma·to·sis

(serĕ-brō-tendi-nŭs zanthōmă-tōsis) [MIM*213700]

Metabolic disorder associated with bodily deposition of cholestanol and cholesterol.

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Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis, a metabolic disease with different neurological signs: two case reports.

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Trastornos psiquiatricos secundarios a enfermedades neurometabolicas

Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis treatment includes chenodeoxycholic acid and HMG-CoA-reductase inhibitors.

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A neurological rarity not to bemissed: cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis. Pract Neurol 2011; 11 (5): 296-300.Gallus GN, Dotti MT, Federico A.

Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis: presented as neuropsychiatric manifestation

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