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Sjögren-Larsson syndrome

Sjögren-Larsson syndrome
Classification & external resources
ICD-10 Q87.1 (ILDS Q87.136)
OMIM 270200
DiseasesDB 30051
eMedicine derm/706 
MeSH D016111

Sjögren-Larsson syndrome (or Rud's syndrome) is a form of ichthyosis associated with a deficiency of the enzyme "fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase". It was characterized by Karl Sjögren and Tage Larsson

It should not be confused with Sjögren's syndrome, which is a distinct condition named after a different person (Henrik Sjögren).

 
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Sjögren-Larsson_syndrome". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
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