Presenile cataract: consider cholestanol

Arch Ophthalmol. 2006 Oct;124(10):1490-2. doi: 10.1001/archopht.124.10.1490.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cataract / blood*
  • Cataract / urine
  • Cataract Extraction
  • Chenodeoxycholic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Cholestanetriol 26-Monooxygenase
  • Cholestanol / blood*
  • Cholestanols / urine
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mutation
  • Steroid Hydroxylases / genetics
  • Xanthomatosis, Cerebrotendinous / diagnosis*
  • Xanthomatosis, Cerebrotendinous / drug therapy
  • Xanthomatosis, Cerebrotendinous / genetics

Substances

  • Cholestanols
  • Chenodeoxycholic Acid
  • Cholestanol
  • Steroid Hydroxylases
  • CYP27A1 protein, human
  • Cholestanetriol 26-Monooxygenase