Low frequency of the common Norwegian and Finnish LDL-receptor mutations in Swedish patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2796.1998.00309.x

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Low frequency of the common Norwegian and Finnish LDL-receptor mutations in Swedish patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia.

Journal of internal medicine - 1 Jul 1998

Lind S, Eriksson M, Rystedt E, Wiklund O, Angelin B, Eggertsen G

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the frequency of the common Finnish and Norwegian mutations in the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene in Swedish patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), and to start screening for other mutations in these patients. In contrast to the situation in Norway...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Exons
Female
Finland
Gene Frequency
Humans
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation
Norway
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
Receptors, LDL
Sweden

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PMID: 9698020
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1998.00309.x

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