Outcome of case finding among relatives of patients with known heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia

British Medical Journal

Volumn 321, Issue 7275, 2000, Pages 1497-1500

  Bhatnagar, D ^a   Morgan, J ^a   Siddiq, S ^a   Mackness, M I ^a   Miller, J P ^b   Durrington, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE FINDING; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034676774     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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