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Treatment of dyslipidemia with lovastatin and ezetimibe in an adolescent with cholesterol ester storage disease
28 Oct 2005
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BACKGROUND: Cholesterol ester storage disease (CESD) is an autosomal recessive illness that results from mutations in the LIPA gene encoding lysosomal acid lipase. CESD patients present in childhood with hepatomegaly and dyslipidemia characterized by elevated total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), with elevated triglycerides and depressed high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). Usual...
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