Medical and genetic counseling for dyslipidemia. Guide for doctors. Koshechkin V.

Medical-genetic counseling for dyslipidemia is an urgent task of practical medicine. Among disorders of the metabolism of lipids and lipoproteins, hyperlipidemia is of particular importance, characterized by an increase in cholesterol in blood plasma lipoproteins. In recent years, numerous genetic mechanisms have been identified that determine violations of lipid metabolism.

The practical use of accumulated knowledge in the field of diagnosis, dietary and drug correction of dyslipidemia can be implemented using methods of medical and genetic consulting in families with hereditary defects of lipid metabolism The authority is intended for general practitioners (family doctors), therapists, cardiologists, endocrinologists, gastroenterologists, pediatricians, orders, graduate students of the corresponding specialties of medical universities.