The role of lipids in cardiovascular disease: lessons from rare mutations and special populations.

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The role of lipids in cardiovascular disease: lessons from rare mutations and special populations.

Clinical and investigative medicine. Medecine clinique et experimentale - 1 Jun 1996

Hegele R A

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OBJECTIVE: To review approaches to determining the genetic basis of atherogenesis, the interaction of genes with the environment and with other genes, and the contribution to knowledge of data from subjects with rare mutations and from genetically isolated populations. DATA SOURCES AND SELECTION:...

Topics

Arteriosclerosis
Humans
Hyperlipidemias
Lipoproteins
Mutation

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