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Familial defective apolipoprotein B-100: a lesson from homozygous and heterozygous patients.
Physiological research - 1 Jan 2000
Ceska R, Vrablík M, Horínek A
Abstract excerpt
Familial defective apolipoprotein B-100 (FDB) is a genetic disorder caused by a substitution of glutamine for arginine at residue 3500 of the apolipoprotein B-100 molecule. We have identified 23 heterozygotes and one homozygote for FDB (frequency 1:20) in a group of 510 patients with hypercholesterolemia. Mean age of the patients (18 females and 6 males) was 46 years. The diagnosis of FDB was based on point...
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