A three-allelic polymorphic system in exon 12 of the LDL receptor gene is highly informative for segregation analysis of familial hypercholesterolemia in the Spanish population

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-53

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

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA polymorphisms; Exon 12; Familial hypercholesterolemia; Low density lipoprotein receptor

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN;

EID: 0029843183     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1996.tb02346.x     Document Type: Article

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