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Oligonucleotide ligation assay (OLA) for the diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia.
Nature biotechnology - 1 Oct 1996
Baron H, Fung S, Aydin A, Bähring S, Luft F C, Schuster H
Abstract excerpt
More than half of all deaths in Western society are related to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. Inherited disturbances in the low-density-lipoprotein (LDL) receptor and similar lipid-related defects account for the majority of these deaths. Testing procedures thus far rely on total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglyceride determinations. These tests are not...
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