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[Familial hypercholesterolemia due to a new mutation in the low density lipoprotein receptor gene].
Klinicheskaia meditsina - 1 Jan 2014
Korneva V A, Bogoslovskaia T Iu, Kuznetsova T Iu, Mandel'shtam M Iu, Vasil'ev V B
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UNLABELLED: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FHC) is a genetic disorder manifest as a rise in serum cholesterol level responsible for the development ofcardiovascular diseases. AIM: To study genetic peculiarities of FHC in Kareliya. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 109 patients of the 196 ones with FHC (124 families) were subjected to genetic examination. Other parameters studied included the lipid spectrum, blood glucose...
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