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Apolipoprotein E2 (Arg-136-->Cys), a variant of apolipoprotein E associated with late-onset dominance of type III hyperlipoproteinaemia.
European journal of clinical investigation - 1 Jan 1996
Feussner G, Albanese M, Mann W A, Valencia A, Schuster H
Abstract excerpt
Type III hyperlipoproteinaemia (HLP) is usually associated with homozygosity for apolipoprotein (apo) E2 (arg-158-->Cys). We identified a 46-year-old white female with severe hyperlipidaemia and the heterozygous apo E3/2* phenotype. Typical clinical characteristics of type III HLP, i.e. palmar xanthomas (orange-yellowish discolorations of the palmar creases) and tuberoeruptive xanthomas, were present in the...
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