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[Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia secondary to a mutation in the apolipoprotein B gene].
Anales de pediatria (Barcelona, Spain : 2003) - 1 May 2007
Blanco-Rodríguez M, Muñoz-Calvo M T, Martos-Moreno G A, Abad-Pérez E, Argente-Oliver J
Abstract excerpt
Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia (FHB) is a rare genetically heterogeneous disorder provoking abnormally low serum levels of apoprotein (apo) B, total cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C). Patients carrying heterozygous mutations in the APOB (2p24) gene are usually asymptomatic, but h...
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