ENDOCRINOLOGY
ROLE OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
ROLE OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM Part of “CHAPTER 1 – ENDOCRINOLOGY AND THE ENDOCRINE PATIENT“
ENDOCRINOLOGY AND THE ENDOCRINE PATIENT
ENDOCRINOLOGY AND THE ENDOCRINE PATIENT Kenneth L. Becker Eric S. Nylén Richard H. Snider JR. DEFINITIONS ROLE OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM HORMONES
Inherited Dyslipoproteinemias of Various Etiologies
Inherited Dyslipoproteinemias of Various Etiologies Familial lipoprotein(a) hyperlipoproteinemia High levels of lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) aggregate or segregate in families and may be associated with atherosclerotic vascular disease. In Turkey, a country…
Inherited Mixed Dyslipoproteinemias
Inherited Mixed Dyslipoproteinemias Familial combined hyperlipidemia The notion of familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCH, FCHL or multiple phenotype disease or multiple lipoprotein-type hyperlipidemia) evolved in the early 1970s from the work…
Hereditary Hypertriglyceridemias
Hereditary Hypertriglyceridemias Lipoprotein lipase deficiency (familial hyperchylomicronemia) Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) deficiency (OMIM No. 238600) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, which was first reported as a separate entity in Europe…
Hereditary Hypercholesterolemias
Hereditary Hypercholesterolemias Introduction The ‘familial hypercholesterolemia phenotype’ has clinical and laboratory features usually ascribed to the heterozygous form of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) (Table 1.1) secondary to a mutation of the…
