Article
Impact of variants of uncertain significance of LDL receptor on phenotypes of familial hypercholesterolemia.
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Tada Hayato, Kojima Nobuko, Yamagami Kan, Nomura Akihiro, Nohara Atsushi, Usui Soichiro, Sakata Kenji, Hayashi Kenshi, Fujino Noboru, Takamura Masayuki, Kawashiri Masa-Aki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Data on the effect of variants of uncertain significance (VUS) of LDL receptor (LDLR) on familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) phenotype is limited. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the associations between genotypes and phenotypes, including low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol level and occurrence of major adverse cardiac events (MACEs), in FH patients (N = 1050, male/female = 490/560). METHODS: We...
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