## Communicated by Lnp.chee Tsui Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) has an estimated frequency of 1:154 among French Canadians in Northeastern Quebec, compared with 1:500 in most other populations. FH is caused by numerous mutations of the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene, but only six
A rapid restriction site screening method for the Pro207→Leu mutation in the lipoprotein lipase gene
✍ Scribed by Georges Lévesque; Pierre Julien; Yves Deshaies; Paul J. Lupien; M. R. Ven Murthy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 220 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1059-7794
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