Acute myocardial infarction in an 18 year old South Indian girl with familial hypercholesterolemia: a case report

Familial hypercholesterolemia is a single gene disorder with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. Here we report an 18 year old South Indian girl who presented with myocardial infarction. She had xanthomas and an elevated serum low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Her mother and mat...

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Published in:	Cases journal Vol. 1; no. 1; p. 71
Main Authors:	Kumar, Anita A, Shantha, Ghanshyam Palamaner Subash, Srinivasan, Yadav, Senthil, N, Rajkumar, K, Paunikar, Neeta, Sudhakar, Mk
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BioMed Central 07-08-2008
Subjects:	Case Report
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