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Hyperlipoproteinemia type V
rareA severe type of hyperlipidemia, sometimes familial, that is characterized by the elevation of both plasma chylomicrons and triglycerides contained in very-low-density lipoproteins. Type V hyperlipoproteinemia is often associated with diabetes mellitus and is not caused by reduced lipoprotein lipase activity as in hyperlipoproteinemia type I.
- Causal genes
- APOA5
- Part of
- Familial hyperlipidemia
- Also known as
- familial APOA5 deficiency · familial apolipoprotein A-V deficiency · familial apolipoprotein A5 deficiency · HLP type 5 · hyperchylomicronemia late onset
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