Sitosterolaemia in Switzerland: Molecular genetics links the US Amish-Mennonites to their European roots

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 174-178

  Solca C ^a   Stanga, Zeno ^b   Pandit, B ^a   Diem, P ^b   Greeve, J ^b   Patel, S B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ABC95; ABC98; Amish Mennonites; Plant sterols; Sitosterolaemia; Valvular xanthomas

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; COLESTYRAMINE; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORDERS OF LIPID AND LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; DNA ISOLATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SITOSTEROLEMIA; SWITZERLAND; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; XANTHOMA;

EID: 22244454746     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2005.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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