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Mutation screening and genotype:phenotype correlation in familial hypercholesterolaemia.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Dec 1999
Graham C A, McClean E, Ward A J, Beattie E D, Martin S, O'Kane M, Young I S, Nicholls D P
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to develop a mutation screening protocol for familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) patients and to assess genotype/phenotype effects in terms of pre-treatment lipid profiles and presentation of tendon xanthomata (TX). A total of 158 families with clinical definitions of possible (120) or definite (38) FH were studied using a tiered screening protocol. Mutations were identified in 52...
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