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The Asn-291-->Ser and Ser-477-->Stop mutations of the lipoprotein lipase gene and their significance for lipid metabolism in patients with hypertriglyceridaemia.
European journal of clinical investigation - 1 Nov 1997
Knudsen P, Murtomäki S, Antikainen M, Ehnholm S, Lahdenperä S, Ehnholm C, Taskinen M R
Abstract excerpt
We examined 99 Finnish patients whose serum fasting triglycerides (TG) had exceeded 6.0 mmol L-1 with special interest to their lipid, lipoprotein and post-heparin plasma lipase activities. The control group consisted of 75 healthy individuals. We also determined the frequency of the Asn-291-->Ser and Ser-447-->Stop mutations both in hypertriglyceridaemic (HTG) subjects and in control subjects. A total of 51 of...
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