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Evidence against linkage of familial combined hyperlipidemia to the apolipoprotein AI-CIII-AIV gene complex.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Feb 1998
Wijsman E M, Brunzell J D, Jarvik G P, Austin M A, Motulsky A G, Deeb S S
Abstract excerpt
Familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL) was originally described as a disorder characterized by elevated levels of either plasma cholesterol or triglyceride (TG) or both in members ofthe same family. More recent studies have indicated that apolipoprotein B levels (apoB) are also elevated in these individuals. Although a dominant mode of inheritance was originally proposed, recent studies have questioned this...
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