Normolipemic xanthomatosis.

Abstract:

:A 20-year-old woman presented with tendon and tuberous xanthomas. Plasma lipid levels were normal. Xanthomatosis with normal lipid levels is rare.

journal_name

Postgrad Med J

authors

Handa R,Gupta K,Wali JP

doi

10.1136/pgmj.71.839.555

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-09-01 00:00:00

pages

555-6

issue

839

eissn

0032-5473

issn

1469-0756

journal_volume

71

pub_type

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