Extreme hypercholesterolemia in cholestatic sarcoidosis due to lipoprotein X: Exploring the cholesterol gap

Lipoprotein-X (LpX) is a rare lipid particle that can affect lipid analysis and interpretation. Case reports of LpX syndrome have been described scarcely. LpX has been linked to diseases associated with cholangiopathy and thus, in such instances, hyperlipidemia can be falsely attributed to an elevat...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Yehya, Rongrong Huang, David W. Bernard, Antonio Gotto, Richard J. Robbins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214624518300364