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This chapter describes the serum concentrations of blood lipids (FFA, cholesterol and lipoprotein [a]) along age in patients with Laron syndrome. The main observation is the progressive increase of serum cholesterol necessitating pharmacotherapy.
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T. Karmon contributed to collect the data along age in partial fulfillment of the MD thesis requirements of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
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Laron, Z. (2011). Serum Lipids in Patients with Laron Syndrome. In: Laron, Z., Kopchick, J. (eds) Laron Syndrome - From Man to Mouse. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11183-9_15
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