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Arthritis in a patient with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
Author(s) -
GENEL FERAH,
ATLIHAN FüSUN,
BAK MUSTAFA,
TARGAN ŞEREF,
DIZDARER CEYHUN
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1997.tb03754.x
Subject(s) - medicine , familial hypercholesterolemia , arthritis , cholesterol , gastroenterology
Familial hypercholesterolemia is a disorder of lipoprotein metabolism characterized by elevated cholesterol, low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, xanthomas and early onset atherosclerosis. Tendinitis and arthritis have been reported in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia. A report is presented of a 9‐year‐old girl with an acute arthritic attack who was diagnosed as homozygote familial hypercholesterolemia with hypercholesterolemic arthritis.