Familial xanthelasma with dyslipidemia: Just another family trait?

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 238-240

  Dwivedi, Shridhar ^a   Aggarwal, Amitesh ^a   Singh, Safal ^a   Sharma, Vishal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dyslipidemia; Familial xanthelasma; Premature coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; STREPTOKINASE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EYELID DISEASE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; OBESITY; Q WAVE; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SWEATING; T WAVE INVERSION; THORAX PAIN; XANTHELASMA;

EID: 84860997992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.95910     Document Type: Article

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