Predominance of a 6 bp deletion in exon 2 of the LDL receptor gene in Africans with familial hypercholesterolaemia

Autor: J. Vergotine, D. Gaffney, Christiaan F. Hoogendijk, Klaus Brusgaard, Charlotte L. Scholtz, Rochelle Thiart, Henrik Nissen, J. N. P. De Villiers, W. J. Vermaak, M. S. Hoffs, Maritha J. Kotze

Publikováno v: Thiart, R, Scholtz, C L, Vergotine, J, Hoogendijk, C F, de Villiers, J N P, Nissen, H, Brusgaard, K, Gaffney, D, Hoffs, M S, Hayward Vermaak, W J & Kotze, M J 2000, ' Predominance of a 6-bp deletion in exon 2 of the LDL receptor gene in Africans with familial hypercholesterolaemia ', Journal of Medical Genetics, vol. 37, no. 7, pp. 514-19 . https://doi.org/10.1136/jmg.37.7.514
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In South Africa, the high prevalence of familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) among Afrikaners, Jews, and Indians as a result of founder genes is in striking contrast to its reported virtual absence in the black population in general. In this study, th

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