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Volmana disease

Volmana disease (M. of Wolman, American pediatrician, 1914-2009); synonym: a disease of accumulation of ethers of cholesterol) – the hereditary disease which is characterized by intracellular accumulation of triglycerides, cholesterol and ethers; it is inherited on autosomal recessively type.

 
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