Medical Definition of Cerebrotendinous cholesterinosis

1. A disorder with deposition of cholestanol in the brain and other tissues and high levels in plasma but with normal cholesterol level; characterised by progressive cerebellar ataxia beginning after puberty, juvenile cataracts, spinal cord involvement, and tendinous or tuberous xanthomata; autosomal recessive inheritance. Probably due to a defect in hepatic mitochondrial 26-hydroxylase in bile acid biosynthesis. Synonym: cerebrotendinous cholesterinosis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cerebrotendinous Cholesterinosis

cerebrospinal fluid proteins
cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea
cerebrospinal fluid shunts
cerebrospinal fluids
cerebrospinal index
cerebrospinal meningitis
cerebrospinal nematodiasis
cerebrospinal otorrhoea
cerebrospinal pressure
cerebrospinal rhinorrhoea
cerebrospinal system
cerebrospinant
cerebrosterol
cerebrotendineous
cerebrotendinous
cerebrotendinous cholesterinosis (current term)
cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis
cerebrotomy
cerebrotonia
cerebrotonias
cerebrotonic
cerebrovascular
cerebrovascular accident
cerebrovascular accident prevention
cerebrovascular circulation
cerebrovascular disease
cerebroventricular
cerebrum
cerebrums
cerecloth

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