Other terms
High Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Type 1,High-Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Tangier Type,High-Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Type I,High Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Type I,Analphalipoproteinemia,Analphalipoproteinemias,HDLDT1,Tangier Disease Neuropathy,Neuropathy of Tangier Disease,Tangier Hereditary Neuropathy,A-alphalipoprotein Neuropathy,A-alphalipoprotein Neuropathies,Neuropathies, A-alphalipoprotein,Neuropathy, A-alphalipoprotein
Description
Tangier Disease: An autosomal recessively inherited disorder caused by mutation of ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS involved in cellular cholesterol removal (reverse-cholesterol transport). It is characterized by near absence of ALPHA-LIPOPROTEINS (high-density lipoproteins) in blood. The massive tissue deposition of cholesterol esters results in HEPATOMEGALY; SPLENOMEGALY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; large orange tonsils; and often sensory POLYNEUROPATHY. The disorder was first found among inhabitants of Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay, MD.
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