Assessing the genetic burden of familial hypercholesterolemia in a large middle eastern biobank

Assessing the genetic burden of familial hypercholesterolemia in a large middle eastern biobank

Abstract Background The genetic architecture underlying Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) in Middle Eastern Arabs is yet to be fully described, and approaches to assess this from population-wide biobanks are important for public health planning and personalized medicine. Methods We evaluate the pil...

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Main Authors: Geethanjali Devadoss Gandhi, Waleed Aamer, Navaneethakrishnan Krishnamoorthy, Najeeb Syed, Elbay Aliyev, Aljazi Al-Maraghi, Muhammad Kohailan, Jamil Alenbawi, Mohammed Elanbari, Qatar Genome Program Research Consortium (QGPRC), Borbala Mifsud, Younes Mokrab, Charbel Abi Khalil, Khalid A. Fakhro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-11-01
Series:Journal of Translational Medicine
Subjects:
Cholesterol
Dyslipidemias
LDL
Lipoproteins/Receptors
Premature coronary artery disease
Dutch lipid Clinic Network
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-022-03697-w

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-022-03697-w

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