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Genetic analysis of familial hypercholesterolemia in Asian Indians: A single-center study.
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Setia Nitika, Movva Sireesha, Balakrishnan Prahlad, Biji Ishpreet K, Sawhney Jitendra Pal Singh, Puri Raman, Arora Anjali, Puri Ratna D, Saxena Renu, Mishra Sanghamitra, Apte Sanika, Kulshrestha Samarth, Ramprasad Vedam Lakshmi, Verma Ishwar C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), an autosomal codominant disorder characterized by very high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, is strongly associated with premature coronary artery disease. OBJECTIVES: Molecular landscape of FH in Asian Indians is not well studied, although this ethnic group comprises a large proportion of the world population. Knowledge of mutations in these groups is useful...
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