title: Neonatal diagnosis of familial type II hyperlipoproteinemia.
abstract: Cord serum prebeta-beta-lipoprotein concentration was measured in a radial immunodiffusion assay in 303 randomly selected, full-term infants whose parental phenotypes were unknown. Six infants had elevated concentrations, that is above a cut-off limit of 197 mg/100 ml (97.5th percentile). Three of these infants suffered from classic type II hyperlipoproteinemia, and this diagnosis was confirmed by family studies at follow-up. The three other infants and their parents were shown to be normolipemic at follow-up. The elevated cord serum prebeta-beta-lipoprotein in these three infants could be explained by highly elevated cord serum triglyceride and/or cholesterol. The 297 infants with normal cord serum prebeta-beta-lipoprotein and their parents were all shown to be normalipemic at follow-up. It is concluded that the measurement of prebeta-beta-lipoportein in cord serum allows the identification of children with familial type II hyperlipoproteinemia, if infants with transient neonatal hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia are excluded.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000097:blood; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D013997:Time Factors; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008074:Lipoproteins; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol