Characterization of apoA- and apoB-containing lipoprotein particles in a variant of familial apoA-I deficiency with planar xanthoma: the metabolic significance of LP-A-II particles.

This study describes a variant of familial apoA-I deficiency associated with a moderate risk for premature coronary artery disease. The proband, a 25-year-old man of Philippine origin, and his 62-year-old maternal aunt had peripheral corneal opacification, xanthelasma, and planar xanthoma; the aunt...

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Main Authors: ED Bekaert, P Alaupovic, CS Knight-Gibson, MJ Laux, JM Pelachyk, RA Norum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1991-10-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002222752041644X