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Cross-sectional study of a microsatellite marker in the low density lipoprotein receptor gene in obese normotensives.
Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology - 1 Jan 2000
Griffiths L R, Nyholt D R, Curtain R P, Gaffney P T, Morris B J
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1. The low density lipoprotein receptor is an important regulator of serum cholesterol which may have implications for the development of both hypertension and obesity. In this study, genotypes for a low density lipoprotein receptor gene (LDLR) dinucleotide polymorphism were determined in both lean and obese normotensive populations. 2. In previous cross-sectional association studies an ApaLI and a HincII...
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