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Molecular genetic analysis of 1053 Danish individuals with clinical signs of familial hypercholesterolemia.
Clinical genetics - 1 Mar 2006
Brusgaard K, Jordan P, Hansen H, Hansen A B, Hørder M
Abstract excerpt
The lipid disorder familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) predisposes to cardiovascular disease. With a prevalence of approximately one in 500 in the general Caucasian population, FH is one of the most frequent single-gene disorders. As the mutational spectra vary between populations, it is crucial to identify the mutations in a given population in order to implement a molecular genetic screening strategy. A total of...
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