Lethal atherosclerosis associated with abnormal plasma and tissue sterol composition in sitosterolemia with xanthomatosis.

Tissue sterol composition was determined in an 18-year-old male with sitosterolemia with xanthomatosis who died suddenly and whose coronary and aortic vessels showed extensive atherosclerosis and, for comparison, in an 18-year-old male with minimal atherosclerosis who died accidently. Sterols in the...

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Main Authors: G Salen, I Horak, M Rothkopf, J L Cohen, J Speck, G S Tint, V Shore, B Dayal, T Chen, S Shefer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1985-09-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520342863