Estimation of the prevalence of familial hypercholesterolaemia in a rural Afrikaner community by direct screening for three Afrikaner founder low density lipoprotein receptor gene mutations

Human Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 479-484

  Steyn, K ^a   Goldberg, Y P ^b   Kotze, M J ^c   Steyn, M ^d   Swanepoel, A S P ^e   Fourie, J M ^a   Coetzee, G A ^b   Van Der Westhuyzen, D R ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^d HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e Human Sciences Research Council ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, LDL; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0029811657     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050243     Document Type: Article

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