A World Wide Web Site for Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor Gene Mutations in Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Sequence-Based, Tabular, and Direct Submission Data Handling

Familial hypercholesterolemia is an autosomal dominant inherited condition characterized by a mutation in the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene. A database has been set up on the World Wide Web for mutations in the LDLR gene.