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Low-density lipoprotein receptor gene (LDLR) world-wide website in familial hypercholesterolaemia: update, new features and mutation analysis.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jan 2001
Heath K E, Gahan M, Whittall R A, Humphries S E
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the low density lipoprotein receptor gene (LDLR) cause familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH). The FH website (http://www.ucl. ac.uk/fh) has been updated to provide various functions enabling the analysis of the large number of LDLR mutations. To date, 683 LDLR mutations have been reported; of these 58.9% are missense mutations, 21.1% minor rearrangements, 13.5% major rearrangements and 6.6% splice site...
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