Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease
"Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the gene for acid lipase (STEROL ESTERASE). It is characterized by the accumulation of neutral lipids, particularly CHOLESTEROL ESTERS in leukocytes, fibroblasts, and hepatocytes.
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D015217
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C16.320.565.398.641.201 C16.320.565.595.201 C18.452.584.687.201 C18.452.648.398.641.201 C18.452.648.595.201
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