Article
Familial lipoprotein lipase (LPL) deficiency: a catalogue of LPL gene mutations identified in 20 patients from the UK, Sweden, and Italy.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1997
Mailly F, Palmen J, Muller D P, Gibbs T, Lloyd J, Brunzell J, Durrington P, Mitropoulos K, Betteridge J, Watts G, Lithell H, Angelico F, Humphries S E, Talmud P J
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to identify mutations in the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene in 20 unrelated patients with familial lipoprotein deficiency (FLLD) and to investigate the genotype/phenotype relationship. The previously reported G188E mutation (Monsalve et al., J Clin Invest 86:728-734, 1990...
Topics
- Adult
- Animals
- COS Cells
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Genes
- Genetic Carrier Screening
- Genetic Heterogeneity
- Genotype
- Humans
- Hyperlipoproteinemia Type I
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
