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Corneal arcus and xanthomas in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: First report from China

We report the case of a 12-year-old male who developed corneal arcus and multiple skin lesions with a 10-year history of xanthomas. The lesions appeared over his fingers, hands, elbows, knees, buttocks and feet. Laboratory studies showed a total serum cholesterol level of 752.1 mg/dL; a triglyceride...

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Autores principales: Meng, Xin, Lin, Jie, Gao, Xinxiao, Guo, Jia, Xin, Chen, Wang, Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3917403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24088637
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.118456