Features of chinese patients with sitosterolemia

Features of chinese patients with sitosterolemia

Abstract Background Sitosterolemia is a lipid disorder characterized by the accumulation of phytosterols in plasma and organs, caused by mutations in the ABCG5 and/or ABCG8 genes. The disease is frequently misdiagnosed and mistreated as familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). To gain a better understand...

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Main Authors: Zhizi Zhou, Xueying Su, Yanna Cai, Tzer Hwu Ting, Wen Zhang, Yunting Lin, Aijing Xu, Xiaojian Mao, Chunhua Zeng, Li Liu, Xiuzhen Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-01-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
Subjects:
Sitosterolemia
Xanthoma
Hypercholesterolemia
ABCG5
ABCG8
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12944-021-01619-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12944-021-01619-1

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