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Human genetic insights into lipoproteins and risk of cardiometabolic disease.
Current opinion in lipidology - 1 Apr 2017
Stitziel Nathan O
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Human genetic studies have been successfully used to identify genes and pathways relevant to human biology. Using genetic instruments composed of loci associated with human lipid traits, recent studies have begun to clarify the causal role of major lipid fractions in risk of cardiometabolic disease. RECENT FINDINGS: The causal relationship between LDL cholesterol and coronary disease has been...
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