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Combined hyperlipidemia is genetically similar to isolated hypertriglyceridemia.
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Gill Praneet K, Dron Jacqueline S, Berberich Amanda J, Wang Jian, McIntyre Adam D, Cao Henian, Hegele Robert A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Combined hyperlipidemia (CHL) is a common disorder defined by concurrently elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglyceride (TG) levels. Despite decades of study, the genetic basis of CHL remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: To characterize the genetic profiles of patients with CHL and compare them to those in patients with isolated hypercholesterolemia and isolated hypertriglyceridemia...
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