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Circulation 1998, p. I-739, abstract #3875 http://genecanvas.idf.inserm.fr, code 'Gene Canvas CETP-12/02/98' I405V, G(+1)A, (+3)T insertion in intron 14, D442G: Brown ML, Inazu A, Hesler CB, Agellon LB, Mann C, Whitlock ME, Marcel YL, Milne RW, Koizumi J, Mabuchi H, Takeda R, Tall AR. Molecular basis of lipid transfer protein deficiency in a family with increased high-density lipoproteins. Nature 1989;342:448-451 Inazu A, Jiang XC, Haraki T, Yagi K, Kamon N, Koizumi J, Mabuchi H, Takeda R, Takata K, Moriyama Y, et al. Genetic cholesteryl ester transfer protein deficiency caused by two prevalent mutations as a major determinant of increased levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol. J Clin Invest 1994;94:1872-1882 Hepatic lipase [LIPH], chromosome 15q21-23 C(-480)T: Guerra R, Wang J, Grundy SM, Cohen JC. A hepatic lipase (LIPC) allele associated with high plasma concentrations of high density lipoprotein cholesterol. 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Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1995;15:468-478 Jukema JW, van Boven AJ, Groenemeijer B, Zwinderman AH, Reiber JH, Bruschke AV, Henneman JA, Molhoek GP, Bruin T, Jansen H, Gagne E, Hayden MR, Kastelein JJ. The Asp9 Asn mutation in the lipoprotein lipase gene is associated with increased progression of coronary atherosclerosis. REGRESS Study Group, Interuniversity Cardiology Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Regression Growth Evaluation Statin Study. Circulation 1996;94:1913-1918 9 N291S: Oka K, Tkalcevic GT, Nakano T, Tucker H, Ishimura-Oka K, Brown WV. Structure and polymorphic map of human lipoprotein lipase gene. Biochim Biophys Acta 1990;1049:21-26; Published erratum appears in Biochim Biophys Acta 1991;1090:357 Reymer PW, Groenemeyer BE, Gagne E, Miao L, Appelman EE, Seidel JC, Kromhout D, Bijvoet SM, van de Oever K, Bruin T, Hayden MR, Kastelein JJP. 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Preliminary evidence of linkage of salt sensitivity in black Americans at the beta 2-adrenergic receptor locus. Hypertension 1997;29:918-922. (Abstract) Timmermann B, Mo R, Luft FC, Gerdts E, Busjahn A, Omvik P, Li GH, Schuster H, Wienker TF, Hoehe MR, Lund-Johansen P. Beta-2 adrenoceptor genetic variation is associated with genetic predisposition to essential hypertension: The Bergen Blood Pressure Study. Kidney Int 1998;53:1455-1460 Cystathionine beta-synthase [CBS], chromosome 21q22.3 I278T: Kozich V, Kraus JP. Screening for mutations by expressing patient cDNA segments in E. coli: homocystinuria due to cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency. Hum Mutat 1992;1:113-123 Hu FL, Gu Z, Kozich V, Kraus JP, Ramesh V, Shih VE. Molecular basis of cystathionine betasynthase deficiency in pyridoxine responsive and nonresponsive homocystinuria. Hum Mol Genet 1993;2:1857-1860 68bp-insertion in exon 8: Sebastio G, Sperandeo MP, Panico M, de Franchis R, Kraus JP, Andria G. 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