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Novel mutations in abetalipoproteinaemia and homozygous familial hypobetalipoproteinaemia.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Nov 2007
Vongsuvanh R, Hooper A J, Coakley J C, Macdessi J S, O'Loughlin E V, Burnett J R, Gaskin K J
Abstract excerpt
Abetalipoproteinaemia (ABL) and homozygous familial hypobetalipoproteinaemia (FHBL) are rare inherited disorders associated with low or undetectable levels of apolipoprotein B (apoB)-containing lipoproteins. Patients present with the symptoms and sequelae of fat malabsorption, including fat-soluble vitamin deficiencies. We describe two novel mutations: one an APOB gene mutation causing FHBL and the other a...
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