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Apolipoprotein A-I deficiency with accumulated risk for CHD but no symptoms of CHD.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jun 2002
Yokota Hiromitsu, Hashimoto Yoshiaki, Okubo Shigeo, Yumoto Masato, Mashige Fumiko, Kawamura Mitsunobu, Kotani Kazuo, Usuki Yasuteru, Shimada Sachiyo, Kitamura Kiyoshi, Nakahara Kazuhiko
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated a 69-year-old Japanese woman with apolipoprotein (apo) A-I deficiency, high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol, hypertension and impaired glucose tolerance. The patient had corneal opacity, but neither xanthomas, xanthelasma, nor tonsillar hypertrophy. She was not symptomatic for coronary heart disease (CHD), and had normal electrocardiograms at rest and exercise using a cycle...
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