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Clinical features

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

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The clinical features of type 2A hyperlipidaemia include:

  • in all forms of the disease:
    • increased risk of ischaemic heart disease
    • tendon xanthomata
    • xanthelasmata
    • corneal arcus
    • polyarthritis

  • in homozygotes:
    • cutaneous xanthomata
    • supravalvular aortic stenosis

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