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[Screening for mutations in apolipoprotein B genes in a group of patients with hyperlipoproteinemia].
Casopis lekaru ceskych - 19 Jan 2001
Grombiríková H, Freiberger T, Kuhrová V, Soska V, Nedomová K
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BACKGROUND: Familial defective apolipoprotein (apo) B-100 (FDB) is a common inherited metabolic disorder. Reduced binding of the apo B-100, the major protein of LDL particles, to LDL receptor results in marked hypercholesterolemia. FDB is caused particularly by an arginine to glutamine substituti...
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