Medicine:Lyngstadaas syndrome

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Lyngstadaas syndrome
Other namesSteroid dehydrogenase deficiency-dental anomalies syndrome
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This condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.

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.

Cause

Lyngstadaas syndrome is an autosomal recessive liver disease.[4]

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Epidemiology

Office 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]

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