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Common variants in the gene encoding ATP-binding cassette transporter 1 in men with low HDL cholesterol levels and coronary heart disease.
Atherosclerosis - 15 Feb 2001
Brousseau M E, Bodzioch M, Schaefer E J, Goldkamp A L, Kielar D, Probst M, Ordovas J M, Aslanidis C, Lackner K J, Bloomfield Rubins H, Collins D, Robins S J, Wilson P W, Schmitz G
Abstract excerpt
HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) deficiency is the most common lipid abnormality observed in patients with premature coronary heart disease (CHD). Recently, our laboratory and others demonstrated that mutations in the ATP-binding cassette transporter 1 (ABCA1) gene are responsible for Tangier disease, a r...
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