Genome-wide linkage scan of a pedigree with familial hypercholesterolemia suggests susceptibility loci on chromosomes 3q25-26 and 21q22

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Xu ^a   Li, Xin ^b   Zhang, Yong Biao ^b   Zhang, Feng ^b   Sun, Liyuan ^a   Lin, Jie ^a   Wang, Duen Mei ^b   Wang, Lu Ya ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCG1 GENE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 21Q; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LSS GENE; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BLOOD; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME 3; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN GENOME; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 2; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

LIPID;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054114089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024838     Document Type: Article

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