Article
Familial defective apolipoprotein-B is rare in hypercholesterolaemic South African Afrikaners, coloureds and Indians.
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde - 1 May 1995
Rubinsztein D C, Coetzee G A, van der Westhuyzen D R, Langenhoven E, Kotze M J
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of familial defective apolipoprotein B-100 (FDB) was assessed among hypercholesterolaemic Afrikaners, coloureds and Indians. Patients selected for screening did not carry any of the founder or common LDL-receptor mutations known to be associated with these groups. No FDB was detected and the mutation is therefore a rare cause of hypercholesterolaemia in these South African populations.
Topics
- Apolipoproteins B
- Black People
- Ethnicity
- Founder Effect
- Humans
- Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II
- India
- Mutation
- Netherlands
- White People