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Genetic lipid disorders in cardiovascular disease.
Trends Cardiovasc Med
October 2012
Cardiovascular Genetics Laboratory, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec H2W 1R7, Canada; Cardiology Service, Hôpital Hotel-Dieu de Montreal and the Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec H2W 1R7, Canada.
Familial lipoprotein disorders are seen in approximately half of the patients with premature coronary artery disease. The molecular basis for most of these disorders is poorly understood. Several (usually) rare genetic disorders affecting the genes for apolipoproteins AI-CIII-AIV, (a), B and E; lipoprotein receptors such as the low-density lipoprotein receptor or lipoprotein-processing enzymes (lecithin-cholesterol-acyltransferase) are associated with coronary artery disease.
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