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Low-density lipoprotein receptor gene mutations and cardiovascular risk in a large genetic cascade screening population.
Circulation - 10 Dec 2002
Umans-Eckenhausen Marina A W, Sijbrands Eric J G, Kastelein John J P, Defesche Joep C
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BACKGROUND: A large cohort of patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), free from selection for cardiovascular disease (CVD), and their unaffected relatives was collected by genetic cascade screening and examined for the influence of different mutations of the LDL receptor gene on lipoprotein levels and the risk of CVD. Multivariate analyses with adjustment for age, sex, and specific family ties were...
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