Familial hypercholesterolaemia reduces the quality of life of patients not reaching treatment targets

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Mortensen, Gitte Lee ^a   Madsen, Ivan Bredbjerg ^b   Kruse, Charlotte ^c   Bundgaard, Henning ^c  

^a Rigshospitalet ^*  (Denmark)

^b Righospitalet ^*  (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; EZETIMIBE; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964808487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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