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Spectrum of LDL receptor gene mutations in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1997
Day I N, Whittall R A, O'Dell S D, Haddad L, Bolla M K, Gudnason V, Humphries S E
Abstract excerpt
Familial hypercholesterolemia by usual definition reflects mutations of the LDL-receptor gene. Extensive molecular characterization of mutations ascertained mainly through homozygotes (the Dallas collection) has been presented by Hobbs et al. (Hum Mutat 1:445-446, 1992). This paper catalogues a spectrum of 134 mutations (27 novel mutations in 45 patients, 24 previously described mutations in 89 patients)...
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