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Targeted Genetic Analysis in a Chinese Cohort of 208 Patients Related to Familial Hypercholesterolemia.
Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis - 1 Dec 2020
Wang Hao, Yang Hang, Liu Zhaohui, Cui Kai, Zhang Yinhui, Zhang Yujing, Zhao Kun, Yin Kunlun, Li Wenke, Zhou Zhou
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AIM: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is the most commonly encountered genetic condition that predisposes individuals to severe autosomal dominant lipid metabolism dysfunction. Although more than 75% of the European population has been scrutinized for FH-causing mutations, the genetic diagnosis proportion among Chinese people remains very low (less than 0.5%). The aim of this study was to identify genetic...
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