[Differences in clinical presentation between subjects with a phenotype of familial hypercholesterolemia determined by defects in the LDL-receptor and defects in Apo B-100].

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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Familial hypercholesterolemia and familial defective Apo B-100 are phenotypically indistinguishable. At present they can be distinguished by genetic analysis. PATIENTS AND METHODç We compared the clinical features of 13 subjects with familial defective Apo B-100 and 39 subjects with familial hypercholesterolemia. We used data from first degree relatives to compare morbidity and...

Topics

• Apolipoprotein B-100
• Apolipoproteins B
• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Humans
• Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II
• Incidence
• Middle Aged
• Phenotype
• Receptors, LDL