Phytosterolemia on the island of Kosrae

Phytosterolemia on the island of Kosrae

Screening of 932 adults on the Pacific island of Kosrae for plasma plant sterol levels disclosed three subjects, two of them asymptomatic, with phytosterolemia. Sequencing the ATP binding cassette subfamily G member 8 (ABCG8) gene revealed a novel exon 2 mutation that causes a change in codon 24 fro...

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Main Authors: Ephraim Sehayek, Hannah J. Yu, Klaus von Bergmann, Dieter Lutjohann, Markus Stoffel, Elizabeth M. Duncan, Laura Garcia-Naveda, Jacqueline Salit, Maude L. Blundell, Jeffrey M. Friedman, Jan L. Breslow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2004-09-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Subjects:
ATP binding cassette subfamily G member 8
cholesterol absorption
population genetics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520312761

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