[Blood lipid disorders in Becker-Kiner progressive muscular dystrophy]

The article is devoted to one of the rare forms of hereditary neuromuscular diseases--Becker-Kiner progressive muscular dystrophy. Blood lipids were determined in nine patients aged 16 to 45 years with Becker-Kiner progressive muscular dystrophy. Profound disorders of the blood lipid metabolism were established which were expressed in hyperbeta-lipoproteinemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and hypercholesterinemia. The examination of these parameters is useful for objective assessment of the given form of progressive muscular dystrophy.