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familial high-density lipoprotein deficiency — any of several inherited disorders of lipoprotein and lipid metabolism that result in decreased plasma levels of high density lipoproteins, particularly Tangier disease … Medical dictionary
Lipoprotein lipase deficiency — Classification and external resources ICD 10 E78 OMIM 238600 DiseasesDB … Wikipedia
Lipoprotein-X — (Lp X) is an abnormal low density lipoprotein found in cholestasis. Structure Lipoprotein X is a lamellar particle of 30 to 70 nm in diameter as revealed by electron microscopy. It is characterized by its high content of phospholipids (66% by… … Wikipedia
Familial hypercholesterolemia — Classification and external resources Xanthelasma palpebrarum, yellowish patches consisting of cholesterol deposits above the eyelids. These are more common in people with FH. ICD … Wikipedia
Lipoprotein(a) — (also called Lp(a)) is a lipoprotein subclass. Studies have identified Lp(a) as a putative risk factor for atherosclerotic diseases such as coronary heart disease and stroke.cite journal | author = Danesh J, Collins R, Peto R | title =… … Wikipedia
familial apo C-II deficiency — familial apolipoprotein C II deficiency an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the APOC2 gene (locus: 19q13.2), leading to a lack of apo C II, a necessary cofactor for lipoprotein lipase. It results in familial… … Medical dictionary
familial hypercholesterolemia — Pathol. an inherited metabolic disorder caused by a lack or malfunction of receptors for the low density lipoproteins that activate removal of cholesterol from the blood. Abbr.: FH. * * * ▪ medical disorder an inherited metabolic disease that is … Universalium
familial hyperchylomicronemia — an inherited disorder of lipoprotein metabolism characterized by elevated plasma chylomicrons and triglycerides and manifested clinically by episodic abdominal pain and pancreatitis, cutaneous xanthomas, lipemia retinalis, and hepatosplenomegaly … Medical dictionary
lipoprotein lipase — An enzyme that hydrolyzes one fatty acid from a triacylglycerol; its activity is enhanced by heparin and inactivated by heparinase. It is activated by apolipoprotein C II; a deficiency of l. is associated with familial hyperlipoproteinemia type … Medical dictionary
deficiency — An insufficient quantity of some substance (as in dietary d. or hemoglobin d. in marrow aplasia); organization (as in mental d.); activity (as in enzyme d. or reduced oxygen carrying capacity of the blood), etc., of which the amount present is of … Medical dictionary
