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Familial Hypercholesterolemia and the Founder Effect Among Franco-Americans: A Brief History and Call to Action

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an inherited disorder characterized by chronically elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and an increased risk of premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. FH has been shown to disproportionately affect French Canadians and other ethnic pop...

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Autores principales: Mszar, Reed, Buscher, Sara, Taylor, Heidi L., Rice-DeFosse, Mary T., McCann, Dervilla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7242505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32462130
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2020.01.003