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The first Japanese cases of familial hypercholesterolemia due to a known pathogenic APOB gene variant, c.10580 G>A: p.(Arg3527Gln).
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Hori Mika, Takahashi Atsushi, Son Cheol, Ogura Masatsune, Harada-Shiba Mariko
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We previously showed that patients without pathogenic variants in the LDLR and PCSK9 genes comprised approximately 40% of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) cases. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to identify novel causative variants in Japanese patients with FH. METHODS: Whole-exome sequencing was performed in 216 family members from 123 families without pathogenic variants in the LDLR and PCSK9 genes....
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