Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia in two sisters misdiagnosed as rheumatoid arthritis
BMJ Case Rep
.
2016 Oct 18:2016:bcr2016216097.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-216097.
Authors
Mahmoud H Ayesh Haj Yousef
1
,
Ayham Shatnawi
2
,
Mai Khdeir
2
,
Diala Khaldoon Alawneh
2
Affiliations
1
Department of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
2
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
PMID:
27756756
PMCID:
PMC5073695
DOI:
10.1136/bcr-2016-216097
No abstract available
Publication types
Case Reports
MeSH terms
Adult
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / diagnosis*
Diagnostic Errors
Female
Homozygote
Humans
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / diagnosis*
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / genetics
Siblings*
Xanthomatosis / etiology
Young Adult