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Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Russia: Three Decades of Genetic Studies
17 Dec 2020
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The first studies of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) in Russia go back to late 1980-ies. For more than 10 years the research in this field was carried out in Saint-Petersburg, the megapolis in the North-West Russia. Studies were focused on the search for causative mutations in low-density lipoprotein receptor gene (LDLR). Gradually the research was spread to Petrozavodsk in Karelia and in the XXI century two...
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