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Spectrum of LDLR gene mutations, including a novel mutation causing familial hypercholesterolaemia, in North-western Greece.
European journal of internal medicine - 1 Oct 2011
Diakou Maria, Miltiadous George, Xenophontos Stavroulla L, Manoli Panayiotis, Cariolou Marios A, Elisaf Moses
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BACKGROUND: Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a clinical syndrome characterised by elevated serum low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, by tendon xanthomata and clinical manifestations of ischaemic heart disease in early life. Typically, it results from mutations in the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene. Furthermore, there are 3 additional genetic disorders that cause clinical syndromes that...
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