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A Deep Intronic Variant in LDLR in Familial Hypercholesterolemia
1 Dec 2018
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an inherited disorder characterized by high plasma LDL-C (low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol) levels. The vast majority of FH patients carry a mutation in the coding region of LDLR, APOB, or PCSK9. We set out to identify the culprit genetic defect in a large family with clinical FH, in whom no mutations were identified in the coding regions of these FH genes....
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