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A novel LCAT mutation (Phe382-->Val) in a kindred with familial LCAT deficiency and defective apolipoprotein B-100.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Sept 2003
Nanjee M Nazeem, Stocks Joseph, Cooke C Justin, Molhuizen Henri O F, Marcovina Santica, Crook David, Kastelein John P, Miller Norman E
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We studied a four-generation family (17 subjects) with familial lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) deficiency. A 30-year-old Caucasian male with corneal clouding and HDL cholesterol <0.1 mmol/l was a compound heterozygote for a novel mutation (Phe(382)-->Val), a previously reported mutat...
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