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Flow cytometric assessment of LDL ligand function for detection of heterozygous familial defective apolipoprotein B-100.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Feb 2000
Raungaard B, Heath F, Hansen P S, Brorholt-Petersen J U, Jensen H K, Faergeman O
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BACKGROUND: Familial defective apolipoprotein (apo) B-100 (FDB) is caused by a mutation in the apoB gene and characterized by decreased binding of LDL to LDL receptors because of reduced function of the apoB-100 ligand. FDB may be associated with severe hypercholesterolemia and cannot always be distinguished from familial hypercholesterolemia phenotypically. METHODS: We used a fluorescence flow cytometry assay...
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