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Fish-eye disease

Disease Fisher SyndromeFishhook removal

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This is one of numerous hereditary enzymatic disorders involving fat (lipid) metabolism. A defect in a gene called LCAT (lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase) leads to disorders known as Norum disease and another mutation causes fish-eye disease.

A unique genetic and biochemical presentation of fish-eye disease. J Clin Invest 1995; 96:2783.
Abate N, Vega GL, Garg A, Grundy SM. Abnormal cholesterol distribution among lipoprotein fractions in normolipidemic patients with mild NIDDM.

See also: Cholesterol, Deficiency, Anemia, Sclerosis, Atherosclerosis

Disease Fisher SyndromeFishhook removal

 
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