Tendon Xanthoma in Familial Hypercholesterolemia - A Clinical and Ultrasonographic Study

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-40

  Tan, A P K ^a   Thoo, F L ^b   Cheong, P Y ^a  

^a Tan Tock Seng Hospital ^*  (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Familial hypercholesterolemia; Tendon xanthoma; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 2; PATHOLOGY; XANTHOMATOSIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 0030634988     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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