Lipidosis

Lipid deposition is a group of hereditary diseases that cause the accumulation of fatty acids, cholesterol or lipid complexes in organs such as the liver and spleen due to congenital defects in lipid metabolism enzymes. Including Gaucher disease, Niemann-Pick disease, acid esterase deficiency, cholesterol ester deposition disease, familial hyperlipoproteinemia, alipoproteinemia, etc.

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