The Lebanese mutation as an important cause of familial hypercholesterolemia in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 739-745

  Alberto, F L ^a   Figueiredo, M S ^a   Zago, M A ^a   Araujo A G ^a   Dos Santos, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alu sequences; apoB 100 gene; Familial hypercholesterolemia; Haplotype analysis; LDL receptor gene; Lebanese mutation

Indexed keywords

DNA; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 2; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, LDL;

EID: 0033144184     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X1999000600009     Document Type: Article

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