Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome
Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome (also SLOS, or 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase deficiency) is an autosomal recessive metabolic and developmental congenital disorder that causes the inability to correctly produce or synthesize cholesterol due to a low occurrence of 7-DHC reductase, an enzyme involved in cholesterol synthesis.
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