Familial hyperlipoproteinemia in an isolated part of Newfoundland

• Main Author: Anjilvel, Lily
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: Medical Practice; Baie Verte; Baie Verte Peninsula; Verte; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1941112; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4682640

Eleven cases of ischemic heart disease with or without myocardial infarction from two families in the Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, were studied. All were found to have hyperlipoproteinemia of the familial types. The family trees were traced and a definite genetic pattern detected. Diets were...