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Steroid-sulfatase deficiency in sex-linked ichthyosis.

American journal of human genetics ·Vol. 31 ·No. 1 ·1979-01-00 ·Pages 50-3

Kubilus J, Tarascio AJ, Baden HP

Abstract

Steroid-sulfatase activity was absent in the cultured fibroblasts of nine affected members of eight families with sex-linked ichthyosis. An intermediate value of enzyme activity was found in an obligate heterozygote and a normal value in a patient with ichthyosis vulgaris. Cultured epidermal cells of an affected individual also had no enzyme activity, while normal cultured epidermal cells did.

MeSH Terms
Culture Techniques Dehydroepiandrosterone Enzyme Activation Fibroblasts/enzymology Heterozygote Humans Ichthyosis/enzymology,genetics Male Sex Chromosomes/enzymology Skin/enzymology Sulfatases/deficiency
Chemicals
Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfatases
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Kubilus J
Tarascio A J
Baden H P
References (5)
5 references, click to expand
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Article Info
Journal
American journal of human genetics
Abbr.
Am J Hum Genet
ISSN
0002-9297
Published
1979-01-00
Pages
50-3
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0370475
PMCID
PMC1685684
Subset
IM
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