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Elevated PCSK9 Levels in Untreated Patients With Heterozygous or Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia and the Response to High‐Dose Statin Therapy
BACKGROUND: Proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is an enzyme that impairs low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C) clearance from the plasma by promoting LDL receptor degradation. Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) have reduced or absent LDL receptors and should th...
Autores principales: | Raal, Frederick, Panz, Vanessa, Immelman, Andrew, Pilcher, Gillian |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647281/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23537802 http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.112.000028 |
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