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Unraveling the genetic background of individuals with a clinical familial hypercholesterolemia phenotype.
Journal of lipid research - 1 Feb 2024
Medeiros Ana Margarida, Alves Ana Catarina, Miranda Beatriz, Chora Joana Rita, Bourbon Mafalda
Abstract excerpt
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common genetic disorder of lipid metabolism caused by pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants in LDLR, APOB, and PCSK9 genes. Variants in FH-phenocopy genes (LDLRAP1, APOE, LIPA, ABCG5, and ABCG8), polygenic hypercholesterolemia, and hyperlipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] can also mimic a clinical FH phenotype. We aim to present a new diagnostic tool to unravel the genetic background...
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