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Screening of PCSK9 and LDLR genetic variants in Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) patients in India.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Oct 2021
Reddy Lakshmi Lavanya, Shah Swarup A V, Ponde Chandrashekhar K, Dalal Jamshed J, Jatale Raj G, Dalal Reeta J, Rajani Rajesh M, Pillai Sudhir K, Vanjani Chander V, Ashavaid Tester F
Abstract excerpt
Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal, dominant, inherited disorder characterized by severely elevated LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels with high risk for Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). There are limited genetic studies especially on genes other than Low Density Lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) conducted in Indian population. Thus, our aim was to screen the entire Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin type...
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