Universal Screening for Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Children

Individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) who are untreated have up to 100-fold elevated risk for cardiovascular complications compared with those who are unaffected. Data for identification of FH with a universal screening for hypercholesterolemia in children are lacking. This study sough...

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Published in:	Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 66; no. 11; pp. 1250 - 1257
Main Authors:	Klančar, Gašper, Grošelj, Urh, Kovač, Jernej, Bratanič, Nevenka, Bratina, Nataša, Trebušak Podkrajšek, Katarina, Battelino, Tadej
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 15.09.2015
Subjects:	Child Child, Preschool Female Humans Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II - diagnosis Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II - epidemiology Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II - genetics Male Mass Screening - methods Slovenia - epidemiology Slovenia cholesterol next-generation sequencing universal screening familial hypercholesterolemia
ISSN:	1558-3597
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