Familial hypercholesterolemia and mutations in low-density lipoprotein receptor gene in Italy;Ipercolesterolemia familiare e mutazioni nel gene del recettore delle lipoproteine a bassa densità in Italia

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-184

  Cantafora, Alfredo ^a   Bertolini, Stefano ^b   Calandra, Sebastiano ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Dyslipidemias; Familial hypercholesterolemia; LDL receptor; Low density lipoproteins; Mutations

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 2; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MUTATION; REVIEW;

HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, LDL;

EID: 0033253469     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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