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Tangier disease four decades of research: a reflection of the importance of HDL.
Current medicinal chemistry - 1 Jan 2006
Kolovou G D, Mikhailidis D P, Anagnostopoulou K K, Daskalopoulou S S, Cokkinos D V
Abstract excerpt
Reduced circulating levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are a frequent lipoprotein disorder in coronary heart disease patients and can be caused by either genetic and/or environmental factors (sedentary lifestyle, diabetes mellitus, smoking, obesity or a diet enriched in carbohydrates). Extremely low serum HDL-C levels occur in patients with Tangier disease (TD), which is caused by mutations in...
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