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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
Lipoprotein lipase deficiency and apolipoprotein CII deficiency
Secondary dyslipidemia
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Screening
Treatment
Lipid-lowering diet
Lipid-lowering drugs
Procedures to reduce cholesterol
Treating causes of elevated cholesterol
Monitoring treatment
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Elevated HDL Cholesterol
Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) deficiency
Familial hyperalphalipoproteinemia
Hypolipidemia
Abetalipoproteinemia
Chylomicron retention disease (Anderson disease)
Hypobetalipoproteinemia