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Achilles Tendon Ultrasound in Familial Hypercholesterolemia – Diagnostic, prognostic and physiopathologic meaning
DOI 10.1055/s-0033-1354900
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Autor:innenF Simoni, A Calabrò, N Vitturi, M Carlon, L Previato
ZeitschriftUltraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound
Ausgabe10/2013
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Purpose: Our study was aimed to evaluate the usefulness of tendon ultrasound to clarify the meaning of tendon xanthomas (TX) in familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). TX are nodules or diffuse enlargements of tendons, particularly Achilles tendons, almost pathognomonic of FH. TX are however clinically detectable only in 30% of patients. In FH the presence of tendon complications would seem to parallel vascular involvem…
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F Simoni, A Calabrò, N Vitturi, M Carlon, L Previato (2013) Achilles Tendon Ultrasound in Familial Hypercholesterolemia – Diagnostic, prognostic and physiopathologic meaning. Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound (10). https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1354900
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