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Genetic analysis of phytosterolaemia.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Feb 2001
Togo M, Toda T, Nguyen L A, Kubota S, Tsukamoto K, Satoh H, Hara M, Iso-o N, Noto H, Kimura S, Nakahara K, Seyama Y, Hashimoto Y
Abstract excerpt
Two women with multiple xanthomas, intermittent arthritis and thrombocytopenia were diagnosed as phytosterolaemia, an autosomal-recessive lipid storage disease, based on their increased serum concentrations of beta-sitosterol, campesterol and sitostanol. The gene responsible for this disease is l...
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