The Trp23-Stop and Trp66-Gly mutations in the LDL receptor gene: Common causes of familial hypercholesterolemia in Denmark

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 57-65

  Jensen, H K ^a   Jensen, L G ^a,b   Hansen, P S ^a   Faergeman O ^a   Gregersen, N ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Familial hypercholesterolemia; Low density lipoprotein receptor; Mutations; Single strand conformation polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANADA; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 2; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; GENE MUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CANADA; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CODON; DENMARK; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, LDL; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0029670804     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9150(95)05680-7     Document Type: Article

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