Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia is not associated with low levels of lipoprotein(a).

doi:10.1161/01.atv.15.12.2165

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Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia is not associated with low levels of lipoprotein(a).

Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Dec 1995

Averna M, Marcovina S M, Noto D, Cole T G, Krul E S, Schonfeld G

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To assess whether very low concentrations of LDL affected lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] concentrations and apo(a) associations with lipoproteins, we studied Lp(a) levels and associations in heterozygous subjects with familial hypobeta-lipoproteinemia FHBL) associated with several truncated forms of apoB...

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Apolipoprotein B-100
Apolipoproteins B
Electrophoresis
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Heterozygote
Humans
Hypobetalipoproteinemias
Immunoblotting
Lipoprotein(a)
Male
Phenotype
Precipitin Tests

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