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Patient Perspectives Regarding Genetic Testing for Familial Hypercholesterolemia

BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common genetic disorder resulting in high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Genetic testing for FH is recommended but is not available in most of Canada. Consequently, there...

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Autores principales: Marchand, Miles, Chen, Victoria, Trinder, Mark, Cermakova, Lubomira, Brunham, Liam R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8134866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34027362
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2020.12.006