Pathology Outlines

Stains
Ceramide

Author: Nat Pernick, M.D. (see Authors page)

Revised: 24 November 2015, last major update October 2013

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Definition / general

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Definition / general

Members of the class of neutral glycosphingolipids
Basic units of sphingolipids
Are sphingoids attached via their amino groups to a long chain fatty acyl group
Fabry’s disease: abnormally accumulate