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Genetic analysis of familial hypercholesterolaemia in Western Australia.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Oct 2012
Hooper Amanda J, Nguyen Lan T, Burnett John R, Bates Timothy R, Bell Damon A, Redgrave Trevor G, Watts Gerald F, van Bockxmeer Frank M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the spectrum of mutations associated with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) and their detection rate in the FH Western Australia (FHWA) Program. METHODS: Mutation testing of the LDLR gene, plus select regions in APOB and PCSK9, was performed in the first 343 patients considered to be phenotypic index cases of FH and classified on the basis of the Dutch Lipid Clinic Network Criteria...
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