Cholesterol Disorders

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• Overview of Cholesterol and Lipid Disorders
  • Complications of abnormal lipid levels
  • Measuring lipid levels

• Dyslipidemia
  • Causes
    • Primary (hereditary) dyslipidemia
    • Familial combined hyperlipidemia
    • Familial dysbetalipoproteinemia
    • Familial hypercholesterolemia
    • Familial hypertriglyceridemia
    • Hypoalphalipoproteinemia
    • Familial chylomicronemia syndrome
    • Secondary dyslipidemia
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Screening
  • Treatment
    • Lipid-lowering diet
    • Lipid-lowering medications
    • Procedures to reduce cholesterol
    • Treating causes of elevated cholesterol
    • Monitoring treatment
  • More Information

• Elevated HDL Cholesterol
  • Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) deficiency
  • Familial hyperalphalipoproteinemia

• Hypolipidemia
  • Abetalipoproteinemia
  • Chylomicron retention disease (Anderson disease)
  • Hypobetalipoproteinemia