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Valle D, Beaudet AL, Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, et al, eds. Online Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease. http://www.ommbid.com. Published January 2006. Updated March 28, 2011. Accessed [input date site was accessed].
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Assmann G, Seedorf U. Acid Lipase Deficiency: Wolman Disease and Cholesteryl Ester Storage Disease. IN: Valle D, Beaudet AL, Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, et al, eds. Scriver's Online Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease. http://dx.doi.org/10.1036/ommbid.172. Published January 2006. Accessed [input date site was accessed].

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