Rare apolipoprotein E variant identified in a patient with type III hyperlipidaemia.

doi:10.1016/0021-9150(93)90028-s

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Rare apolipoprotein E variant identified in a patient with type III hyperlipidaemia.

Atherosclerosis - 1 Mar 1993

Wenham P R, McDowell I F, Hodges V M, McEneny J, O'Kane M J, Davies R J, Nicholls D P, Trimble E R, Blundell G

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We report a rare apolipoprotein E variant in an Irish female with Type III hyperlipidaemia who has the phenotype E2E1 as determined by isoelectric focusing. Sequence analysis of the apolipoprotein E gene from the proband and from four other family members, using DNA amplified by the polymerase ch...

Topics

Adult
Apolipoproteins E
Base Sequence
DNA
Female
Genotype
Humans
Hyperlipidemias
Immunoblotting
Isoelectric Focusing
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Pedigree
Phenotype

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