Mondo Description Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) is an anomaly of bile acid synthesis characterized by neonatal cholestasis, childhood-onset cataract, adolescent to young adult-onset tendon xanthomata, and brain xanthomata with adult-onset neurologic dysfunction.

Uniprot Description Rare sterol storage disorder characterized clinically by progressive neurologic dysfunction, premature atherosclerosis, and cataracts.

Disease Ontology Description A xanthomatosis that is characterized by a deficiency in the production of the bile acid, chenodeoxycholic acid that has_material_basis_in autosomal recessive inheritance and results in cholestanol deposition in the brain and other tissues and with elevated levels of cholesterol in plasma.