Sitosterolaemia: pathophysiology, clinical presentation and laboratory diagnosis

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Sitosterolaemia is an extremely rare autosomal recessive disease, the key feature of which is the impairment of pathways that normally prevent absorption and retention of non-cholesterol sterols, for example plant sterols and shellfish sterols. The clinical manifestations are akin to familial hypercholesterolaemia (such as presence of tendon xanthomas and premature atherosclerosis), but with "normal to moderately...

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