Abstract

    Open Access Case Report Article ID: JCMC-5-163

    Young Fatal Case of Familial Hypercholesterolemia: A Case Report

    Hakim Irfan Showkat*, Sadaf Anwar, Vinod Sharma and Sanjeev Asotra

    Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disease presented by high levels of serum low density lipoprotein (LDL), xanthomas and early coronary artery disease (CAD). The main cause of FH is LDL receptor abnormalities that decrease the uptake of LDL into cells, particularly into the liver cells, from the blood, resulting in the increase of serum LDLcholesterol levels.

    Keywords: Xanthoma; Xanthelasma; Coronary artery disease; Familial hypercholesterolemia

    Published on: May 22, 2018 Pages: 16-17

    Full Text PDF Full Text HTML DOI: 10.17352/2455-2976.000063
    CrossMark Publons Harvard Library HOLLIS Search IT Semantic Scholar Get Citation Base Search Scilit OAI-PMH ResearchGate Academic Microsoft GrowKudos Universite de Paris UW Libraries SJSU King Library SJSU King Library NUS Library McGill DET KGL BIBLiOTEK JCU Discovery Universidad De Lima WorldCat VU on WorldCat

    Indexing/Archiving

    Pinterest on JCMC