Fifty St. Petersburg patients with type IIa hyperlipoproteinemia were screened for the presence of structural rearrangements in the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene. One novel deletion of the length about 5 kilobases (kb) was found. This deletion seems to remove completely exons 4, 5, an
Identification of a deletion in the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene in a patient with familial hypercholesterolaemia
โ Scribed by B. Horsthemke; Anna M. Kessling; Mary Seed; V. Wynn; R. Williamson; S.E. Humphries
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 404 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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