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Homozygous familial hypobetalipoproteinemia: two novel mutations in the splicing sites of apolipoprotein B gene and review of the literature.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Mar 2015
Cefalù Angelo B, Norata Giuseppe D, Ghiglioni Daniele G, Noto Davide, Uboldi Patrizia, Garlaschelli Katia, Baragetti Andrea, Spina Rossella, Valenti Vincenza, Pederiva Cristina, Riva Enrica, Terracciano Luigi, Zoja Alexa, Grigore Liliana, Averna Maurizio R, Catapano Alberico L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia (FHBL) is autosomal codominant disorder of lipoprotein metabolism characterized by low plasma levels of total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) and apolipoprotein B (apoB) below the 5(th) percentile of the distribution in the population. Patients with the clinical diagnosis of homozygous FHBL (Ho-FHBL) are extremely rare and few patients have...
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