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ABC1: connecting yellow tonsils, neuropathy, and very low HDL
15 Oct 1999
Abstract excerpt
In 1960, the most common surgical procedure performed on children was tonsillectomy. During one such routine operation, an astute physician recognized that the tonsils of his 5-year-old patient from Tangier Island were anything but ordinary (1). The tonsils were strikingly large, lobulated, and lemoncolored. The tonsils of the patient’s sister were similarly abnormal in appearance and had a 50- to 100-fold...
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