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Double-heterozygous autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia: Clinical characterization of an underreported disease.
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Sjouke Barbara, Defesche Joep C, Hartgers Merel L, Wiegman Albert, Roeters van Lennep Jeanine E, Kastelein John J, Hovingh G Kees
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia (ADH), characterized by high-plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, is caused by mutations in LDLR, APOB, and/or PCSK9. OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical characteristics of "double-heterozygous carriers," with 2 mutations in 2 different ADH causing genes, that is, LDLR and APOB or LDLR and...
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