Seven-year clinical follow-up of a Chinese homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia child with premature xanthomas and coronary artery disease - A need for early diagnosis and aggressive treatment

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 188-191

  Jiang, Long ^a   Gao, Feng ^a   Hu, Li Bin ^b   Sun, Li Yuan ^a   Pan, Xiao Dong ^a   Lin, Jie ^a   Zhang, Hai Bo ^a   Yong, Qiang ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   Yang, Ya ^a   Wang, Chun Mei ^a   Yang, Shi Wei ^a   Zhang, Feng ^c,d   Wang, Lu Ya ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^c NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d China National Center for Bioinformation   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Diagnosis; Familial hypercholesterolemia; Follow up

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EZETIMIBE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PROBUCOL; SIMVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHINESE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DYSPLASIA; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NONSENSE MUTATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; THORAX PAIN; XANTHOMA; CHINA; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; PEDIGREE; PROCEDURES; TIME; XANTHOMATOSIS;

CHILD; CHINA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; PEDIGREE; TIME FACTORS; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 84909952476     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.058     Document Type: Article

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