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A case of hyperlipidemia with homozygous apolipoprotein E5 (Glu3-->Lys).
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 13 Jun 2002
Kobayashi Junji, Shirai Kouji, Murano Takeyoshi, Misawa Yoshiki, Tashiro Jun, Yoshida Tomohiko, Shinomiya Masaki
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we present clinical feature of a novel case with homozygous apolipoprotein (apo) E5. The patient was a 53-year-old Japanese woman. She was from a small island off the coast of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Her parents were first degree cousins. No corneal opacification, xanthomatosis, lymphadenopathy, or hepatosplenomegaly was observed. There have been no signs of clinically overt atherosclerosis to...
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