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P. Pajukanta
Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
Publications - 4
Citations - 2180
P. Pajukanta is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome-wide association study & Lomitapide. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications receiving 1847 citations.
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Familial hypercholesterolaemia is underdiagnosed and undertreated in the general population: guidance for clinicians to prevent coronary heart disease: consensus statement of the European Atherosclerosis Society
Børge G. Nordestgaard,M. John Chapman,Steve E. Humphries,Henry N. Ginsberg,Luis Masana,Olivier S. Descamps,Olov Wiklund,Robert A. Hegele,Frederick J. Raal,Joep C. Defesche,Albert Wiegman,Raul D. Santos,Gerald F. Watts,Klaus G. Parhofer,G. Kees Hovingh,Petri T. Kovanen,Catherine Boileau,Maurizio Averna,Jan Borén,Eric Bruckert,Alberico L. Catapano,Jan Albert Kuivenhoven,Jan Albert Kuivenhoven,P. Pajukanta,Kausik K. Ray,Anton F. H. Stalenhoef,Erik S.G. Stroes,Marja-Riitta Taskinen,Anne Tybjærg-Hansen +28 more
TL;DR: There is an urgent worldwide need for diagnostic screening together with early and aggressive treatment of this extremely high-risk condition, familial hypercholesterolaemia.
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Genomic study in Mexicans identifies a new locus for triglycerides and refines European lipid loci
Daphna Weissglas-Volkov,Carlos A. Aguilar-Salinas,Elina Nikkola,Kerry A. Deere,Ivette Cruz-Bautista,Olimpia Arellano-Campos,Linda Liliana Muñoz-Hernandez,Lizeth Gómez-Munguía,María Luisa Ordóñez-Sánchez,Prasad M. V. Linga Reddy,Aldons J. Lusis,Niina Matikainen,Marja-Riitta Taskinen,Laura Riba,Rita M. Cantor,Janet S. Sinsheimer,Teresa Tusié-Luna,P. Pajukanta +17 more
TL;DR: This first Mexican GWA study of lipids identified a novel GWA locus for high TG levels; used the interpopulation heterogeneity to significantly restrict three previously known European GWA signals; and surveyed whether the European lipid GWA SNPs extend to the Mexican population.
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Glucose intolerance in familial combined hyperlipidaemia
Juha Vakkilainen,Kimmo Porkka,Ilpo Nuotio,P. Pajukanta,Leena Suurinkeroinen,Kati Ylitalo,Jorma Viikari,Christian Ehnholm,M.-R. Taskinen +8 more
TL;DR: Familial combined hyperlipidaemia (FCHL) is a common hereditary disorder that is associated with glucose intolerance and insulin resistance.