Italian familial defective apolipoprotein B patients share a unique haplotype with other Caucasian patients

Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 151-154

  Cefalu A B ^a   Barbagallo, C M ^a   Sesti, E ^a   Caldarella, R ^a   Polizzi, F ^a   Marino, G ^a   Noto, D ^a   Rolleri, M ^c   Travali, S ^b   Scalisi, G ^a   Notarbartolo, A ^a   Corsini, A ^d   Bertolini, S ^c   Averna, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein B gene; Familial defective apolipoprotein B 100; Haplotype; Population screening

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B100; ARGININE; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMINE; NUCLEOTIDE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ITALY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFECT;

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EID: 0035712834     PISSN: 15918890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10238-001-8027-y     Document Type: Article

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