Identification of two LDL-receptor mutations causing familial hypercholesterolemia in Indian subjects by a simplified rapid PCR-heteroduplex method

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 8 I, 2000, Pages 1183-1185

  Ashavaid, T F ^a   Kondkar, A A ^a   Nair, K G ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CROSS LINKING; EXON; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; METHODOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033882026     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/46.8.1183     Document Type: Article

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