Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
Open Access
- 1 January 2012
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Medknow in Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Vol. 16 (4) , 643-5
Abstract
Familial hypercholesterolema (FH) is an inherited autosomal dominant disorder of lipid metabolism. We report a 3 years old female child who presented with multiple eruptive xanthomatosis of skin since 6 months of age and had deranged lipid profile consistent with FH.Keywords
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