Geographic distribution of French-Canadian low-density lipoprotein receptor gene mutations in the Province of Quebec

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Vohl, Marie Claude ^a   Moorjani, Sital ^a   Roy, Madeleine ^b   Gaudet, Daniel ^c   Torres, Ana Lucia ^a   Minnich, Ann ^b   Gagné, Claude ^a   Tremblay, Gérald ^c   Lambert, Marie ^d   Bergeron, Jean ^a   Couture, Patrick ^a   Perron, Patrice ^c   Blaichman, Shirley ^e   Brun, Louis Daniel ^a   Davignon, Jean ^b   Lupien, Paul J ^a   Després, Jean Pierre ^a,f  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c CHICOUTIMI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^e MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Familial hypercholesterolemia; French Canadians; Low density lipoprotein receptor gene; Mutations

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POINT MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0030871680     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1997.tb02506.x     Document Type: Article

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