[This phenomenon, in combination with the diminished anti-atherogenic and antioxidant capability of HDL in these patients due to the relatively low HDL-cholesterol levels compared with LDL-cholesterol levels and, consequently, the relatively low HDL-associated PAF-AH activity, could contribute to the higher atherogenicity and incidence of coronary artery disease observed in FH patients.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE