Lyngstadaas syndrome

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Lyngstadaas syndrome
Classification and external resources
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Patient UK Lyngstadaas syndrome
MeSH C537490
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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

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  2. Steroid dehydrogenase deficiency - dental anomalies Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatments and Causes - RightDiagnosis.com
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