%0 Journal Article
%T A Report of Two Children with Severe Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia
%A Noormohammad Noori
%A Ghasem Miri-Aliabad
%A Mehdi Jahantigh
%J Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
%D 2013
%I Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
%X Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal disorder that causes severe elevations in total cholesterol and low- density lipoprotein. FH is one of the primary risk factors for premature coronary artery disease in children and adults which requires early diagnosis and appropriate medical intervention. In this article, we report two cases of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
%K Familial hypercholesterolemia Xanthoma
%K Children
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