Xanthomas Can Be Misdiagnosed and Mistreated in Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia Patients: A Call for Increased Awareness Among Dermatologists and Health Care Practitioners

BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant inherited genetic disorder and results in the development of coronary artery disease (CAD). Clinical diagnosis of homozygous HH patients is usually straightforward because persistent hypercholesterolemia can produce xanthoma and...

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Autores principales: Alnouri, Fahad, Al-Allaf, Faisal A., Athar, Mohammad, Abduljaleel, Zainularifeen, Alabdullah, Moheeb, Alammari, Dalal, Alanazi, Menwar, Alkaf, Fahmi, Allehyani, Abeer, Alotaiby, Mohammad A., Alshehri, Abdullah, Bouazzaoui, Abdellatif, Karrar, Hussam, Taher, Mohiuddin M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ubiquity Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7218775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32489792
http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/gh.759

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