"Wolman Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The severe infantile form of inherited lysosomal lipid storage diseases due to deficiency of acid lipase (STEROL ESTERASE). It is characterized by the accumulation of neutral lipids, particularly CHOLESTEROL ESTERS in leukocytes, fibroblasts, and hepatocytes. It is also known as Wolman's xanthomatosis and is an allelic variant of CHOLESTEROL ESTER STORAGE DISEASE.
| Descriptor ID |
D015223
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C16.320.565.398.641.201.500 C16.320.565.595.201.500 C16.614.947 C18.452.584.687.201.500 C18.452.648.398.641.201.500 C18.452.648.595.201.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Wolman Disease- Wolman Disease
- Disease, Wolman
- Acid Lipase Deficiency
- Xanthomatosis, Wolman's
- Wolman's Xanthomatosis
- Xanthomatosis, Wolman
- Xanthomatosis, Wolmans
- Liposomal Acid Lipase Deficiency, Wolman Type
- Wolman's Disease
- Disease, Wolman's
- Wolmans Disease
- Xanthomatosis, Familial
- Familial Xanthomatoses
- Xanthomatoses, Familial
- Acid Cholesteryl Ester Hydrolase Deficiency, Wolman Type
- Familial Xanthomatosis
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