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The tertiary hospital laboratory; a novel avenue of opportunistic screening of familial hypercholesterolemia

BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common monogenic hereditary lipid disorder characterised by increased serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-cholesterol) concentrations and high risk of premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The prevalence of FH identified in a...

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Autores principales: Mirzaee, Sam, Choy, Kay W., Doery, James C.G., Zaman, Sarah, Cameron, James D., Nasis, Arthur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6503163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31080874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2019.100354