Summary
Definition
History and exam
Other diagnostic factors
- idade entre 0 e 12 anos
- esteatorreia/diarreia
- baixo peso
- fraqueza muscular
- contrações musculares
- perda dos reflexos tendinosos profundos
- ataxia
- dismetria
- disartria
- cegueira noturna
- visão deficiente
- oftalmoplegia
- fadiga
- pele pálida
- edema do disco óptico
- hepatomegalia
Risk factors
- genética
- pais consanguíneos
Diagnostic investigations
1st investigations to order
- perfil lipídico em jejum
- níveis de vitamina A, D, E, K no sangue
- esfregaço sanguíneo
- teste genético de apo B e MTTP
Investigations to consider
- esfregaço fecal
- tempo de tromboplastina parcial ativada/tempo de tromboplastina parcial
- níveis séricos de ferro
- transaminases hepáticas
- biópsia intestinal
- oftalmoscopia direta ou indireta
- eletromiografia
- teste eletrodiagnóstico de potencial evocado
- estudo da condução nervosa
Treatment algorithm
todos os pacientes
Contributors
Authors
Nicholas Davidson, MD, DSc
Professor of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis
MO
Disclosures
ND declares that he has no competing interests.
Acknowledgements
Professor Nicholas Davidson would like to gratefully acknowledge Professor David Leaf for his contribution to this topic.
Disclosures
DL declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
David Muller, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry
UCL Institute of Child Health
London
UK
Disclosures
DM is a co-author of an article referenced in this topic. He has previously received research funding from F Hoffmann-La Roche and Co Ltd for research studies on vitamin E.
Katherine Wu, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore
MD
Disclosures
KW declares that she has no competing interests.
Peer reviewer acknowledgements
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References
Key articles
Shapiro MD, Feingold KR. Monogenic disorders causing hypobetalipoproteinemia. In: Feingold KR, Anawalt B, Boyce A, et al. eds. Endotext. South Dartmouth (MA): MDText.com, Inc.; 2000–2021.Full text
Lee J, Hegele RA. Abetalipoproteinemia and homozygous hypobetalipoproteinemia: a framework for diagnosis and management. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2014 May;37(3):333-9. Abstract
Reference articles
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