A novel variant of lysosomal acid lipase in cholesteryl ester storage disease associated with mild phenotype and improvement on lovastatin.

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Cholesterol ester storage disease (CESD) is a rare congenital disorder of lipid metabolism, with mutation of the lysosomal acid lipase gene, causing chronic liver disease, usually before adolescence. We here describe three adult siblings with CESD diagnosed by light microscopic demonstration of excessive lysosomal storage of lipids with accumulation of foamy cells in liver biopsies and by a decrease in acid...

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