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sphingomyelin lipidosis

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sphingomyelin lipidosis

sphingomyelin lipidosis,
any of a group of diseases characterized by an abnormality in the ability of the body to store sphingolipids. Kinds of sphingomyelin lipidosis include Gaucher's disease, Niemann-Pick disease, and Tay-Sachs disease. See also angiokeratoma corporis diffusum.

lipidosis
see lipid storage disease.

idiopathic feline hepatic lipidosis
see fatty liver syndrome (2).
sphingomyelin lipidosis

sphingomyelin
a group of phospholipids that on hydrolysis yield phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine and a fatty acid.

sphingomyelin lipidosis

sphingomyelin lipidosis


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