Seven DNA polymorphisms in the LDL receptor gene: Application to the study of familial hypercholesterolemia in Spain

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-35

  Chaves, F Javier ^a   Puig, Oscar ^a   García Sogo, Magdalena ^a   Real, José ^b   Gil, José V ^a   Ascaso, Juan ^b   Carmena, Rafael ^b   Armengod, M Eugenia ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Familial hypercholesterolemia; Haplotypes; LDL receptor; RFLPs

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B100; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0029792459     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1996.tb02342.x     Document Type: Article

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