Rare Lipid Disorder Course Turkey

Date: Saturday March 25, 2023
Course director: Prof Oner Ozdogan & Prof Meral Kayıkçıoğlu
Language: Turkish
Location & Format: Physical course in Istanbul, Turkey

Start time TRTScientific programmeSpeaker
09:30Welcome & introduction: Why do clinicians need to know rare lipid disorders?Lale Tokgozoglu
09:50Genetic diagnosis of rare lipid disorders: Why are rare lipid disorders important in Turkey?Nevrez Koylan
10:10Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia; diagnosis and therapiesMeral Kayıkcıoglu
10:30Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome: Clinical presentation and therapiesStefano Romeo
10:50Discussion
11:00Hypobetalipoprotenemia and abetalipoprotenemiaÖzcan Başaran
11:15Lipoprotein (a): a highly atherogenic lipoprotein under strong genetic controlOner Ozdogan
11:30Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency (LALD)Yagiz Uresin
11:45Significantly reduced levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL); Tangier diseaseBaris Gungor
12:00SitosterolemiaBugra Ozkan
12:15Discussion