Correlating corneal arcus with atherosclerosis in familial hypercholesterolemia

BACKGROUND: A relationship between corneal arcus and atherosclerosis has long been suspected but is controversial. The homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia patients in this study present a unique opportunity to assess this issue. They have both advanced atherosclerosis and corneal arcus. METHODS...

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Autores principales: Zech, Loren A, Hoeg, Jeffery M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2279133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18331643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-511X-7-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2279133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18331643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-511X-7-7

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