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Estimated Yield of Screening for Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia With and Without Genetic Testing in US Adults

BACKGROUND: Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common genetic disorder causing premature cardiovascular disease. Despite this, there is no national screening program in the United States to identify individuals with FH or likely pathogenic FH genetic variants. METHODS AND RESULTS:...

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Autores principales: Bellows, Brandon K., Khera, Amit V., Zhang, Yiyi, Ruiz‐Negrón, Natalia, Stoddard, Henry M., Wong, John B., Kazi, Dhruv S., de Ferranti, Sarah D., Moran, Andrew E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9238728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35583136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.025192