Phenotypic variation in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: A comparison of Chinese patients with the same or similar mutations in the LDL receptor gene in China or Canada

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 309-315

  Pimstone, Simon N ^a   Sun, Xi Ming ^b   Du Souich, Christele ^a   Frohlich, Jiri J ^a   Hayden, Michael R ^a   Soutar, Anne K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese; Dietary fats; Environment; Familial hypercholesterolemia; LDL receptor

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031838215     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.2.309     Document Type: Article

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