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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
Abstract excerpt
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 phenotypic species of apo A were identified, five of which were present in both families. Although there was a general...
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