we suggest that , while we have confirmed the association of type iv hyperlipidaemia and gout , there is little evidence for clinically significant arthritis being associated with other commonly presenting forms of hyperlipidaemia , although we accept that the rarely met homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia may also be complicated by a crystal arthropathy due to the presence of crystalline cholesterol in joints .
C0003864
arthritis
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joints