Desmosterolosis is a very rare disorder of cholesterol biosynthesis. Multiple congenital malformations including developmental delay, brain malformations, skeletal anomalies, and facial deformities are caused by impaired cholesterol synthesis due to mutations in the enzyme 24-dehydrocholesterol reductase (DHCR24).
Category
Inherited metabolic disorder
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Metabolic disorders
Inborn errors of metabolism
5C52 Inborn errors of lipid metabolism
H00617 Desmosterolosis
Pathway-based classification of diseases [BR:br08402]
Lipid/glycolipid metabolism
nt06034 Cholesterol biosynthesis
H00617 Desmosterolosis