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Autosomal recessive hypercholesterolaemia: discrimination of ARH protein and LDLR function in the homozygous FH phenotype.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Mar 2007
Abera Aron B, Marais A David, Raal Frederick J, Leisegang Felicity, Jones Sheena, George Peter, Henderson Howard E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Phenocopies of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (hoFH) having autosomal recessive inheritance, were recently found to arise from defects in the LDL receptor (LDLR) adapter protein, called ARH, which facilitates the clearance of circulating LDL. Discrimination between the two causes of the phenotype at a clinical level may not be possible when parents display moderate hypercholesterolaemia. An...
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