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A point mutation in ABC1 gene in a patient with severe premature coronary heart disease and mild clinical phenotype of Tangier disease.
Atherosclerosis - 15 Feb 2001
Bertolini S, Pisciotta L, Seri M, Cusano R, Cantafora A, Calabresi L, Franceschini G, Ravazzolo R, Calandra S
Abstract excerpt
The proband is a 50 year-old woman born from a consanguineous marriage. She has been suffering from angina pectoris since the age of 38 and underwent coronary bypass surgery for three-vessel disease at 48. The presence of low plasma levels of total cholesterol and high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (2.4 and 0.1 mmol/l) and apo AI (<15 mg/dl), associated with corneal lesions and a mild splenomegaly...
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