Lyngstadaas syndrome

Lyngstadaas syndrome
Classification and external resources
MeSH C537490

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 Professor Ståle Petter Lyngstadaas.

Demographics

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.
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".

See also

Rare disease

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ Steroid dehydrogenase deficiency - dental anomalies Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatments and Causes - RightDiagnosis.com
  3. ↑ RESERVED, INSERM US14 -- ALL RIGHTS. "Orphanet: Lyngstadaas syndrome". www.orpha.net. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
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