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Corneal Clouding in a Young Woman With Low HDL Cholesterol

Tangiers disease
- ABCA1 Deficiency 
HDL Cholesterol  
Accumulation of cholesterol in reticuloendothelial tissue Hepatosplenomegaly and orange tonsils
 
Tangier disease which is caused by mutation in ABCA-1 gene leading to deacrease in synthesis of HDL.

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