3.1.5.2 Genetics of common type IV and V hyperlipidemia, apo AV, etc.

Diagnosis and Genetic Variance in Familial Hypercholesterolemia

The 1985 Nobel Prize in Physiology for Medicine was awarded to two physicians from Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Michael Brown, MD, and Joseph Goldstein, MD, received this honor "for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism."1 They postulated that... more

Case Study: Childhood Adiposopathy Unmasks Type III Hyperlipoproteinemia

We report the case of a young girl who presented with classic type III hyperlipoproteinemia to emphasize the importance of clarifying the lipid diagnoses, to illustrate the key features of this uncommon condition, and to demonstrate the potency of non-pharmacologic therapy in improving both... more