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dysbetalipoproteinemia

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dysbetalipoproteinemia /dys·be·ta·lipo·pro·tein·emia/ (-ba″tah-lip″o-pro″te-ne´me-ah)
1. the accumulation of abnormal β-lipoproteins in the blood.

familial dysbetalipoproteinemia  an inherited disorder of lipoprotein metabolism caused by interaction of a defect in apolipoprotein E with genetic and environmental factors causing hypertriglyceridemia; its phenotype is that of a type III hyperlipoproteinemia.

dysbetalipoproteinemia
[disbet′əlip′əprō′tinē′mē·ə]

dysbetalipoproteinemia [dis-ba″tah-lip″o-pro″tēn-e´me-ah]
the accumulation of abnormal low-density lipoproteins (β-lipoproteins) in the blood.
familial dysbetalipoproteinemia familial hyperlipoproteinemia, type III.

dysbetalipoproteinemia
the accumulation of abnormal β-lipoproteins in the blood.


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The hereditary types of hyperlipoproteinemia are familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency and/or apoprotein C-II deficiency (type I or V), familial hypercholesterolemia (type IIa or IIb), familial dysbetalipoproteinemia type III), familial hypertriglyceridemia (type IV), and combined hypercholesterolemia (type IIa, IIb, and/or IV) (table).
Remnant-like particle cholesterol levels in patients with dysbetalipoproteinemia or coronary artery disease.
Dysbetalipoproteinemia (Fredrickson type lll) The results of a subgroup analysis in 7 patients with type lll hyperlipidemia (dysbetalipoproteinemia) (apo E2/2) (VLDL-C/TG>0.
 
 
 
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