Familial hypercholesterolemia presenting with multiple nodules of the hands and elbow

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common but commonly missed diagnosis. Tendon xanthomas are a physical sign strongly suggestive of FH. Physicians must identify tendon xanthomas, apply validated clinical scoring such as the Dutch Lipid Clinic Network criteria and offer cascade screening. This...

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Autores principales: Maharaj, Satish, Chang, Simone, Nayak, Shivananda B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4498853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26185639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.249
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description Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common but commonly missed diagnosis. Tendon xanthomas are a physical sign strongly suggestive of FH. Physicians must identify tendon xanthomas, apply validated clinical scoring such as the Dutch Lipid Clinic Network criteria and offer cascade screening. This approach will increase recognition of FH.
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spelling pubmed-44988532015-07-16 Familial hypercholesterolemia presenting with multiple nodules of the hands and elbow Maharaj, Satish Chang, Simone Nayak, Shivananda B Clin Case Rep Case Reports Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common but commonly missed diagnosis. Tendon xanthomas are a physical sign strongly suggestive of FH. Physicians must identify tendon xanthomas, apply validated clinical scoring such as the Dutch Lipid Clinic Network criteria and offer cascade screening. This approach will increase recognition of FH. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015-06 2015-04-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4498853/ /pubmed/26185639 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.249 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Familial hypercholesterolemia presenting with multiple nodules of the hands and elbow
title Familial hypercholesterolemia presenting with multiple nodules of the hands and elbow
title_full Familial hypercholesterolemia presenting with multiple nodules of the hands and elbow
title_fullStr Familial hypercholesterolemia presenting with multiple nodules of the hands and elbow
title_full_unstemmed Familial hypercholesterolemia presenting with multiple nodules of the hands and elbow
title_short Familial hypercholesterolemia presenting with multiple nodules of the hands and elbow
title_sort familial hypercholesterolemia presenting with multiple nodules of the hands and elbow
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4498853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26185639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.249
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