Preclinical atherosclerosis in monogenic familial hypercholesterolaemia and polygenic hypercholesterolaemia
Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant disorder with a frequency of 1 in 250 to 500 in most European populations. It is characterised by a raised low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) and a high incidence of premature coronary heart disease (CHD). There are three genes wh...
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University College London (University of London)
2018
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