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Phenotype-genotype analyses of clinically diagnosed Malaysian familial hypercholestrolemic patients.
Advances in clinical and experimental medicine : official organ Wroclaw Medical University - 1 Jan 2000
Al-Khateeb Alyaa, Al-Talib Hassanain, Mohamed Mohd S, Yusof Zurkurnai, Zilfalil Bin A
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BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolemia and familial defective apo lipoprotein B are genetic disorders caused by defects in the low-density lipoprotein receptor gene and apo lipoprotein B 100 genes, respectively. The clinical phenotype of both diseases is characterized by increased plasma levels of total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol, tendinous xanthomata, and premature coronary heart...
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