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High-resolution melting analysis for detection of familial ligand-defective apolipoprotein B-100 mutations.
Annals of clinical biochemistry - 1 Mar 2008
Liyanage Khemanganee E, Hooper Amanda J, Defesche Joep C, Burnett John R, van Bockxmeer Frank M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial ligand-defective apolipoprotein B-100 (FDB) is characterized by elevated plasma concentrations of LDL-cholesterol and apolipoprotein (apo) B, normal triglyceride and HDL-cholesterol levels, the presence of tendon xanthomas, and premature coronary artery disease. FDB cannot be clinically distinguished from heterozygous LDL-receptor-defective familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) without genetic...
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