Mutations in the low-density-lipoprotein receptor gene in German patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 778-790

  Weiss, N ^a   Binder, G ^a   Keller, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GERMANY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID TRANSPORT; LIVER METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONSENSE MUTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPLICEOSOME; XANTHOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; RECEPTORS, LDL; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0034510161     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026704517598     Document Type: Article

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