Follow up after a family based genetic screening programme for familial hypercholesterolaemia: Is screening alone enough?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 324, Issue 7350, 2002, Pages 1367-1368

  Van Maarle, Merel C ^a   Stouthard, Marlies E A ^a   Marang van de Mheen, Perla J ^b   Klazinga, Niek S ^a   Bonsel, Gouke J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

EID: 0037042670     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7350.1367     Document Type: Article

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