Finding
hypolipoproteinemia
Subclass of:
Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors; Dyslipidemias
Definitions related to hypolipoproteinemias:
  • An abnormal decrease in the level of lipoprotein cholesterol in the blood.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
  • Presence of abnormally low levels of lipoproteins in the serum.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Conditions with abnormally low levels of LIPOPROTEINS in the blood. This may involve any of the lipoprotein subclasses, including ALPHA-LIPOPROTEINS (high-density lipoproteins); BETA-LIPOPROTEINS (low-density lipoproteins); and PREBETA-LIPOPROTEINS (very-low-density lipoproteins).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Hypolipoproteinemia refers to unusually low levels of fats (lipids) in the blood. Low lipid levels may be caused by rare genetic conditions, or be a sign of another disorder such as overactive thyroid, anemia, undernutrition, cancer, chronic infection, or impaired absorption of foods from the digestive tract. Associated genetic disorders...
    NIH Genetic and Rare Diseases
    National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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