Rapid screening for specific mutations in patients with a clinical diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolaemia.

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Published in Atherosclerosis on August 01, 1991

Authors

P Talmud1, A Tybjaerg-Hansen, D Bhatnagar, A Mbewu, J P Miller, P Durrington, S Humphries

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1: Charing Cross Sunley Research Centre, London, U.K.

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