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Haplotype analyses of the APOA5 gene in patients with familial combined hyperlipidemia.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Jan 2007
van der Vleuten Gerly M, Isaacs Aaron, Zeng Wu-Wei, ter Avest Ewoud, Talmud Philippa J, Dallinga-Thie Geesje M, van Duijn Cornelia M, Stalenhoef Anton F H, de Graaf Jacqueline
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCH) is the most common genetic lipid disorder with an undefined genetic etiology. Apolipoprotein A5 gene (APOA5) variants were previously shown to contribute to FCH. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association of APOA5 variants with FCH and its related phenotypes in Dutch FCH patients. Furthermore, the effects of variants in the APOA5 gene on carotid...
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