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Coexisting dysbetalipoproteinemia and familial hypercholesterolemia. Clinical and laboratory observations.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jan 2000
Carmena R, Roy M, Roederer G, Minnich A, Davignon J
Abstract excerpt
Type III dysbetalipoproteinemia and familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) are two metabolic disorders giving rise to severe disturbances of lipid homeostasis and premature atherosclerosis. Both metabolic abnormalities have a genetic basis and co-occurrence in the same patient has seldom been described. Because of the unique structure of the French Canadian population, there was an opportunity to observe patients...
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