Tounderstandintron15 of humanLDLreceptorgene, the DNA fragments from exon 15 to exon16and the 3' end of intron 15 were amplified withlongchainPCR and anchored PCR.
Previous estimates said there were only 400 HoFH patients in the U.S. but included only those people confirmed to have two defective copies of the LDLreceptorgene.