The use of Achilles tendon ultrasonography for the diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 514-518

  Descamps, Olivier S ^a   Leysen, Xavier ^a   Van Leuven, Fred ^b   Heller, Francis R ^a  

^a Hospital de Jolimont   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Familial hypercholesterolemia; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; APOLIPOPROTEIN B3500; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 2; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGING; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, LDL; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENDONS; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 0034907013     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(01)00533-0     Document Type: Article

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