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Autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia (ARH) and homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH): a phenotypic comparison.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Oct 2006
Pisciotta Livia, Priore Oliva Claudio, Pes Giovanni Mario, Di Scala Lilla, Bellocchio Antonella, Fresa Raffaele, Cantafora Alfredo, Arca Marcello, Calandra Sebastiano, Bertolini Stefano
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia (ARH) is a rare disorder, due to complete loss of function of an adaptor protein (ARH protein) required for receptor-mediated hepatic uptake of LDL. ARH is a phenocopy of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) due to mutations in LDL receptor (LDLR) gene; however, previous studies suggested that ARH phenotype is less severe than that of HoFH. To test this...
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