Screening for genetic mutations in LDLR gene with familial hypercholesterolemia patients in the Saudi population

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 559-562

  Alharbi, Khalid Khalaf ^a   Kashour, Tarek S ^b   Al Hussaini, Wejdan ^a,c   Nbaheen, May Salem ^c,d   Hasanato, Rana M W ^b   Mohamed, Sarar ^c   Tamimi, Waleed ^e,f   Khan, Imran Ali ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^d SAUDI ELECTRONIC UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^f KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

DNA sequencing; Familial hypercholesterolemia; LDLR gene; Saudi population

Indexed keywords

LDLR PROTEIN, HUMAN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXONS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, LDL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84943338591     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: 1734154X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2015_1015     Document Type: Article

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