Evidence for a major gene accounting for mild elevation in LDL cholesterol: The NHLBI Family Heart Study

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 401-412

  Coon, Hilary ^a   Leppert, M F ^a   Kronenberg, F ^a   Province, M A ^b   Myers, R H ^c   Arnett, D K ^d   Eckfeldt, J H ^e   Heiss, G ^f   Williams, R R ^a   Hunt, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR GENE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CHOLESTEROL 7-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, LDL; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033494813     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000348009900771X     Document Type: Article

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