High prevalence of increased sitosterol levels in hypercholesterolemic children suggest underestimation of sitosterolemia incidence

Joon Hee Lee; Da Young Song; Sun-Hee Jun; Sang Hoon Song; Choong Ho Shin; Chang-Seok Ki; Kyunghoon Lee; Junghan Song

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0238079

Loading metrics

Open Access

Peer-reviewed

Research Article

High prevalence of increased sitosterol levels in hypercholesterolemic children suggest underestimation of sitosterolemia incidence

Joon Hee Lee,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
⨯
Da Young Song,

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
⨯
Sun-Hee Jun,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
⨯
Sang Hoon Song,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
⨯
Choong Ho Shin,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, Korea
⨯
Chang-Seok Ki,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation GC Genome, Yongin, Korea
⨯
Kyunghoon Lee ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

* E-mail: khlee59023@gmail.com (KL); songjhcp@snu.ac.kr (JS)

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
⨯
Junghan Song

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: khlee59023@gmail.com (KL); songjhcp@snu.ac.kr (JS)

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0576-9938

⨯

High prevalence of increased sitosterol levels in hypercholesterolemic children suggest underestimation of sitosterolemia incidence

Joon Hee Lee,
Da Young Song,
Sun-Hee Jun,
Sang Hoon Song,
Choong Ho Shin,
Chang-Seok Ki,
Kyunghoon Lee,
Junghan Song

Published: August 26, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238079

Reader Comments (0)

Post a new comment on this article

Subject Areas
?

For more information about PLOS Subject Areas, click here.
We want your feedback. Do these Subject Areas make sense for this article? Click the target next to the incorrect Subject Area and let us know. Thanks for your help!

Cholesterol
Is the Subject Area "Cholesterol" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Familial hypercholesterolemia
Is the Subject Area "Familial hypercholesterolemia" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Hypercholesterolemia
Is the Subject Area "Hypercholesterolemia" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Pediatrics
Is the Subject Area "Pediatrics" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Phytosterols
Is the Subject Area "Phytosterols" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Sterols
Is the Subject Area "Sterols" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
Is the Subject Area "Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Diagnostic medicine
Is the Subject Area "Diagnostic medicine" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.