Familial homozygous hypercholesterolemia: Report of two patients and review of the literature

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 230-234

  Sethuraman, Gomathy ^a   Sugandhan, Selvendran ^a   Sharma, Gautam ^a   Chandramohan, Kudligi ^a   Chandra, Nimai Chand ^a   Dash, Sushruta Shefali ^a   Komal, Aggarwal ^a   Sharma, Vinod K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; EZETEMIBE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ACHILLES TENDON; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY; DIET THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILIAL HOMOZYGOUS HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTERTRIGO; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; XANTHOMA;

CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; KNEE; MALE; TENDONS; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 34249790602     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2007.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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