Article
Coexisting type III hyperlipoproteinemia and familial hypercholesterolemia: a case report.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Apr 1995
Sakuma N, Iwata S, Ikeuchi R, Ichikawa T, Hibino T, Kamiya Y, Ohte N, Kawaguchi M, Kunimatsu M, Kawahara H
Abstract excerpt
A 39-year-old man presented with type III hyperlipoproteinemia in association with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). He had extensive tuberous xanthomas over the knees and elbows and xanthomas in the Achilles tendons. He also had palmar xanthomas. He exhibited severe hypercholester...
Topics
- Adult
- Apolipoproteins E
- Cholesterol
- Humans
- Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II
- Hyperlipoproteinemia Type III
- Male
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Plasmapheresis
- Triglycerides
- Xanthomatosis