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A systematic review of LDLR, PCSK9, and APOB variants in Asia.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jul 2020
Mahdieh Nejat, Heshmatzad Katayoun, Rabbani Bahareh
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Genetic identification is a public health care concern for management of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) associated cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This study presents the spectrum and distribution of LDLR, APOB, PCSK9 gene mutations in Asia. METHODS: Databases were searched for English papers from 1950 to 2019. The spectrum of the variants was investigated in 8994 FH families in...
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