Defining the challenges of familial hypercholesterolemia screening: Introduction

Journal of Clinical Lipidology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 342-345

  Hopkins, Paul N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Familial hypercholesterolemia; LDL receptor; Screening

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE;

APOLIPOPROTEINS B; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; RECEPTORS, LDL; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 77957874149     PISSN: 19332874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2010.08.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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