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Clinically applicable mutation screening in familial hypercholesterolemia.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1996
Nissen H, Guldberg P, Hansen A B, Petersen N E, Hørder M
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the LDL receptor (LDLR) gene and the codon 3500 region of the apolipoprotein (apo) B-100 gene result in the clinically indistinguishable phenotypes designated familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and familial defective apo B-100 (FDB), respectively. Introduction of genetic diagnosis in phenotypic FH families may remove the diagnostic inaccuracies known from traditional clinical/biochemical FH diagnosis...
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