Late diagnosis of sitosterolemia in an adult case with unexplained hemolytic anemia.

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Sitosterolemia is a rare autosomal recessive disease that lead to an increase in the intestinal absorption and decreased biliary excretion plant sterols. It is caused by mutations in ABCG5 and ABCG8 genes, encoring sterolin-1 and sterolin-2 protein. The main clinical manifestations are xanthomas, premature atherosclerosis, arthralgia and, of note, hematological alterations. As in many other systemic diseases,...

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