Allergic disease as an association of steroid sulphatase deficiency

N Sakura; S Nishimura; T Matsumoto; M Ohsaki; T Ogata

doi:10.1023/a:1005375902993

Allergic disease as an association of steroid sulphatase deficiency

J Inherit Metab Dis. 1997 Nov;20(6):807-10. doi: 10.1023/a:1005375902993.

Authors

N Sakura¹, S Nishimura, T Matsumoto, M Ohsaki, T Ogata

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan.

PMID: 9427150
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005375902993

Abstract

Ten of 31 patients with steroid sulphatase (STS) deficiency were found to have an allergic disease (bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, or atopic dermatitis). STS deficiency may predispose patients to allergic disease.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Arylsulfatases / deficiency*
Arylsulfatases / genetics
Asthma / enzymology
Child
Child, Preschool
Chondrodysplasia Punctata / enzymology
Dermatitis, Atopic / enzymology
Gene Deletion
Humans
Hypersensitivity / enzymology*
Ichthyosis / enzymology
Immunoglobulin E / blood
Kallmann Syndrome / enzymology
Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / enzymology
Steryl-Sulfatase

Substances

Immunoglobulin E
Arylsulfatases
Steryl-Sulfatase