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A novel apolipoprotein E mutation, ApoE Ganzhou (Arg43Cys), in a Chinese son and his father with lipoprotein glomerulopathy: two case reports.
Journal of medical case reports - 23 Feb 2022
Wang Runxiu, Zhao Chengbo, Chen Wen, Liu Zhiping, Xie Fuhua
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BACKGROUND: Lipoprotein glomerulopathy is a rare and newly recognized glomerular disease that can lead to kidney failure. Its pathological features include the presence of lipoprotein embolus in the loop cavity of glomerular capillaries. It is believed that apolipoprotein E gene mutation is the initiator of the disease. Since the discovery of lipoprotein glomerulopathy, 16 different apolipoprotein E mutations...
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