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Violent behavior associated with hypocholesterolemia due to a novel APOB gene mutation.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Mar 2007
Edgar P F, Hooper A J, Poa N R, Burnett J R
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A 26-year-old male, the index patient, presented with persecutory delusions and suicidal behavior. He had 10 paternal male relatives in two prior generations. Five of them died by violent suicide and one, of the five, also committed a double homicide. The index patient was found to be hypocholesterolemic due to being heterozygous for a novel mutation of apolipoprotein B (apoB-29.4). His mother and paternal...
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