Multiple choice

The doctor told his patient that he is suffering from genetic disease in which the patients are unable to make enough cholesterol to support normal growth and development of the body. Which of the following disorders the doctor must be referring?

  1. Severe Combined Immunodeficiency

  2. Sickle cell anemia

  3. Neurofibromatosis type 1

  4. Phenylketonuria

  5. Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome
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E Correct answer
Explanation

SLOS Chromosome SLOS is a metabolic disorder caused by a mutation in the DHCR7 (7-dehydrocholesterol reductase) gene on chromosome 11. People who have SLOS are unable to make enough cholesterol to support normal growth and development.

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