Identification of a common low density lipoprotein receptor mutation (R329X) in the south of England: Complete linkage disequilibrium with an allele of microsatellite D19S394

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-116

  Day, I N M ^a,b   Haddad, L ^a   O'Dell, S D ^a   Day, L B ^b   Whittall, R A ^a   Humphries, S E ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Familial hypercholesterolaemia; LDL receptor

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031040722     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.2.111     Document Type: Article

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