Biomaterial Database

Eponym: tangerine tonsils in Tangier: high-density lipoprotein deficiency. 1978

B S Schoenberg, and D G Schoenberg

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007009	Hypolipoproteinemias	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).	Hypolipoproteinemia,Hypoprebetalipoproteinemia
D008297	Male		Males
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D004850	Eponyms	Names based on or derived from the name of a person or a place.	Eponym
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013631	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.	A-alphalipoprotein Neuropathy,Analphalipoproteinemia,Tangier Disease Neuropathy,Alpha High Density Lipoprotein Deficiency Disease,Cholesterol Thesaurismosis,HDLDT1,High Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Tangier Type,High Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Type 1,High-Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Tangier Type,High-Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Type I,Neuropathy of Tangier Disease,Tangier Hereditary Neuropathy,A-alphalipoprotein Neuropathies,Analphalipoproteinemias,Cholesterol Thesaurismoses,High Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Type I,Neuropathies, A-alphalipoprotein,Neuropathy, A-alphalipoprotein,Thesaurismoses, Cholesterol,Thesaurismosis, Cholesterol
D014066	Palatine Tonsil	A round-to-oval mass of lymphoid tissue embedded in the lateral wall of the PHARYNX. There is one on each side of the oropharynx in the fauces between the anterior and posterior pillars of the SOFT PALATE.	Tonsil,Tonsil, Palatine,Palatine Tonsils,Tonsils,Tonsils, Palatine