Time course of hepatic lipids accumulation in a strain of mice with an inherited deficiency of sphingomyelinase.

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Sphingomyelinosis (gene symbol, spm) is a recessive autosomal mutation in mice that causes a condition analogous to the human disease known as Niemann-Pick disease. The time course of hepatic lipids accumulation in this murine model was investigated. Hepatosplenomegaly in spm/ spm mice was noticeable as early as 4 weeks of age, and reached its maximum level at 6 weeks of age. Thereafter the weights of liver and...

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