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Clinical characterization of a case with familial hypobetalipoproteinemia caused by apo B-76, a new truncation of apolipoprotein B, combined with apo E2/E2 phenotype.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Oct 2001
Takahashi K, Hikita M, Taira K, Kobayashi J, Bujo H, Saito Y
Abstract excerpt
We report a 43-year-old Japanese man with hypobetalipoproteinemia likely due to apolipoprotein (apo) B-76, a new truncation of apo B, and with homozygosity for the apo E2 isoform. He had no history suggestive of fat malabsorption and no sign of neurological disorder. His fasting baseline serum low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and apo B levels were approximately half of normal. His plasma apo E level was...
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