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Molecular screening of familial hypercholesterolemia in Icelanders

Authors :
Vilmundur Gudnason
Valur Emilsson
Oscar Puig
Matthew Akana
Rebecca Fox
Malgorzata Jaremko
Chihyu Chang
Ying Cai
Bolli Thorsson
Robert Wisotzkey
Michael Jansen
Greg Kellogg
Andrew Pollock
Elias F. Gudmundsson
Bonny Patel
Source :
Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation. 80(6)
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a monogenic disease characterized by a lifelong exposure to high LDL-C levels that can lead to early onset coronary heart disease (CHD). The main causes of FH identified to date include loss-of-function mutations in

Details

ISSN :
15027686
Volume :
80
Issue :
6
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....8d87d94594d216d86ac35e3af4636fbe