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Allergic disease as an association of steroid sulphatase deficiency
Author(s) -
Sakura N.,
Nishimura S.,
Matsumoto T.,
Ohsaki M.,
Ogata T.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of inherited metabolic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1573-2665
pISSN - 0141-8955
DOI - 10.1023/a:1005375902993
Subject(s) - endocrinology , human genetics , medicine , disease , metabolic disease , steroid , biology , genetics , gene , hormone
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.