Hyperlipoproteinæmia Classification: The Optimum Routine Electrophoretic System and Its Relevance to Treatment

Genetic study of hyperlipoproteinaemia types IV and V

“…Type I is an autosomal recessive disorder (Levy 1971). Type 11, also called familial hypercholesterolaemic xanthomatosis, is an autosomal dominant disorder (Christensen & Hdrder 1971, Levy 1971, Lehmann & Lines 1972. Type I1 is the only one where the familial incidence is so obvious that the autosomal dominance is clear (Christensen & H@rder 1971).…”