Article
Familial combined hyperlipidemia in children: clinical expression, metabolic defects, and management.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Aug 1993
Cortner J A, Coates P M, Liacouras C A, Jarvik G P
Abstract excerpt
Familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL) is a dominantly inherited hyperlipidemia that occurs in at least 1% of the adult population and is responsible for 10% of premature coronary artery disease. In families referred for evaluation because of primary hyperlipidemia in a child, FCHL is expressed...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Apolipoproteins B
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cholesterol, HDL
- Cholesterol, LDL
- Cholestyramine Resin
- Colestipol
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Coronary Disease
- Energy Intake
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
- Hyperlipidemia, Familial Combined
- Lipoproteins, VLDL
- Liver