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Genetic variation in APOB, PCSK9, and ANGPTL3 in carriers of pathogenic autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemic mutations with unexpected low LDL-Cl Levels.
Human mutation - 1 Feb 2012
Huijgen Roeland, Sjouke Barbara, Vis Kelly, de Randamie Janine S E, Defesche Joep C, Kastelein John J P, Hovingh G Kees, Fouchier Sigrid W
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal Dominant Hypercholesterolemia (ADH) is caused by LDLR and APOB mutations. However, genetically diagnosed ADH patients do not always exhibit the expected hypercholesterolemic phenotype. Of 4,669 genetically diagnosed ADH patients, identified through the national identification screening program for ADH, 75 patients (1.6%) had LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels below the 50th percentile for age and gender...
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