Lipoprotein(a) in subjects with familial defective apolipoprotein B100.

doi:10.1016/0021-9150(92)90279-p

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Lipoprotein(a) in subjects with familial defective apolipoprotein B100.

Atherosclerosis - 1 Feb 1992

Perombelon Y F, Gallagher J J, Myant N B, Soutar A K, Knight B L

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The plasma lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) concentration and apolipoprotein(a) (apo(a)) phenotype were determined in the members of two families affected with familial defective apo B100 (FDB), resulting from the Arg3500----Gln mutation in apo B that disrupts binding to LDL receptors. Eleven different phe...

Topics

Apolipoprotein B-100
Apolipoproteins A
Apolipoproteins B
Female
Heterozygote
Humans
Hyperlipoproteinemias
Lipoprotein(a)
Lipoproteins
Lipoproteins, LDL
Male
Mutation
Pedigree
Phenotype
Receptors, LDL

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