Phenotype of heterozygotes for low-density lipoprotein receptor mutations identified in different background populations

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 211-215

  Tybjærg Hansen, Anne ^a,d   Jensen, Henrik Kjærulf ^b   Benn, Marianne ^a   Steffensen, Rolf ^c   Jensen, Gorm ^d   Nordestgaard, Børge G ^d,e  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Genetics; Hypercholesterolemia

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; ARGININE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GLUTAMINE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, LDL;

EID: 11144229240     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000149380.94984.f0     Document Type: Article

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