Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Familial Hypercholesterolemia Mutations Facilitates an Improved Diagnostic Service in South African Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Molecular Diagnosis

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 169-174

  Kotze, Maritha J ^a,b   Kriegshäuser, Gernot ^c   Thiart, Rochelle ^b   De Villiers, Nico J P ^b   Scholtz, Charlotte L ^b   Kury, Fritz ^c   Moritz, Anne ^c   Oberkanins, Christian ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital   (South Africa)

^c VIENNALAB DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LDLR GENE; MEMBRANE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; RISK REDUCTION; SOUTH AFRICA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 2042537969     PISSN: 10848592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03260034     Document Type: Article

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