A cholesterol-lowering gene maps to chromosome 13q

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 157-166

  Knoblauch, Hans ^a   Müller Myhsok, Bertram ^b   Busjahn, Andreas ^a   Avi, Liat Ben ^c   Bähring, Sylvia ^a   Baron, Heike ^a   Heath, Simon C ^e   Uhlmann, Regina ^a   Faulhaber, Hans Dieter ^a   Shpitzen, Shoshi ^c   Aydin, Atakan ^a   Reshef, Ayeleth ^c   Rosenthal, Magda ^a   Eliav, Osnat ^c   Mühl, Astrid ^a   Lowe, Adam ^f   Schurr, Danny ^c   Harats, Dror ^g   Jeschke, Evi ^a   Friedlander, Yechiel ^d   Schuster, Herbert ^a   Luft, Friedrich C ^a,h   Leitersdorf, Eran ^c   more..

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

^g SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h FRANZ VOLHARD CLINIC   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 13Q; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

EID: 0033925280     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302704     Document Type: Article

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