Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 391-400 , July 2009

Mutations in the LDL receptor gene in four Chinese homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia phenotype patients

  • L. Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Atherosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Affiliated of Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100029, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 (0)10 6445 6436; fax: +86 (0)10 6445 6436.
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  • J. Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Atherosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Affiliated of Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100029, PR China
    • Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Key Laboratory for Arteriosclerosis of Hunan Province, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, PR China
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  • S. Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Atherosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Affiliated of Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100029, PR China
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  • S. Cao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Atherosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Affiliated of Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100029, PR China
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  • J. Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Atherosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Affiliated of Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100029, PR China
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  • Q. Yong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Atherosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Affiliated of Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100029, PR China
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  • Y. Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Atherosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Affiliated of Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100029, PR China
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  • B. Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Atherosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Affiliated of Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100029, PR China
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  • X. Pan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Atherosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Affiliated of Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100029, PR China
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  • L. Du

      Affiliations

    • Department of Atherosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Affiliated of Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100029, PR China
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  • C. Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Atherosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Affiliated of Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100029, PR China
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  • Y. Qin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Atherosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Affiliated of Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100029, PR China
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  • B. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, China Academy of Medical Science, Beijing 100005, PR China

Received 13 April 2008 ,Revised 13 July 2008 ,Accepted 14 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2008.07.011

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 391-400 , July 2009

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