Deficient enzymes that allow various lipids to accumulate in macrophages and monocytes describe:

a. Chronic granulomatous disease
b. Congenital C3 deficiencies
c. Storage cell diseases
d. Familial hyperlipidemia disorders


ANS: C
Hereditary absence or dysfunction of an enzyme leads monocytes and macrophages to store materials that are not completely degraded. As a group, these are called storage cell diseases.

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