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The hormone sensitive lipase gene in familial combined hyperlipidemia and insulin resistance.
European journal of clinical investigation - 1 Apr 2001
Pihlajamäki J, Valve R, Karjalainen L, Karhapää P, Vauhkonen I, Laakso M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Insulin resistance in the most common familial dyslipidemia, familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL), could be due to variations in the hormone sensitive lipase (HSL) gene. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The coding region of the HSL gene was screened with the single strand conformation polymorphism analysis in probands of 27 FCHL families with 228 members. In addition, the C-60G promoter substitution of the...
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