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SUBMITTER: Sadananda SN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4583092 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sadananda Singh N SN Foo Jia Nee JN Toh Meng Tiak MT Cermakova Lubomira L Trigueros-Motos Laia L Chan Teddy T Liany Herty H Collins Jennifer A JA Gerami Sima S Singaraja Roshni R RR Hayden Michael R MR Francis Gordon A GA Frohlich Jiri J Khor Chiea Chuen CC Brunham Liam R LR
Journal of lipid research 20150808 10
A low level of HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) is a common clinical scenario and an important marker for increased cardiovascular risk. Many patients with very low or very high HDL-C have a rare mutation in one of several genes, but identification of the molecular abnormality in patients with extreme HDL-C is rarely performed in clinical practice. We investigated the accuracy and diagnostic yield of a targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) assay for extreme levels of HDL-C. We developed a targeted NG ...[more]