Familial chylomicronemia syndrome.

Abstract

Familial chylomicronemia syndrome is a group of rare genetic disorders characterized by deficient activity of an enzyme lipoprotein lipase or apo-protein C-II deficiency. Incidence is 1 out of 1,000,000. Alternative names to this syndrome are Type I hyper lipoproteinemia and familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency.