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Molecular genetic evidence for a founder effect in familial hypercholesterolemia among French Canadians by Christine Bétard; A. M. Kessling; M. Roy; A. Chamberland; S. Lussier-Cacan; J. Davignon is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.

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Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), at a prevalence of about 1 in 200 in the French-Canadian population, is caused by a 10-kb deletion in the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene in 60% of French-Canadian FH heterozygotes. We genotyped 159 FH patients who carry this common mutation and 221 healthy French-Canadian controls for five DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) of the LDL receptor gene. The allele numbers for four of the five RFLPs differed significantly (P less than 0.001) between FH patients and control subjects. Our results suggest that the 10-kb deletion carrier allele is associated with a single haplotype (called the B haplotype). In a family study including a patient homozygous for the 10-kb deletion, we showed that the B haplotype cosegregates with the deletion in affected members and that the B haplotype is also associated with the normal allele in some members of the family. We identified 15 different haplotypes for the normal allele in 10-kb deletion carrier FH heterozygotes. These results offer strong support, at a molecular level, for the hypothesis of a founder effect for the 10-kb deletion in the French-Canadian population.

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Author

Christine Bétard; A. M. Kessling; M. Roy; A. Chamberland; S. Lussier-Cacan; J. Davignon

Publisher

Springer; Springer-Verlag; Springer Verlag; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 0340-6717)

Published

1992

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)