FH ALERT: efficacy of a novel approach to identify patients with familial hypercholesterolemia

Abstract Diagnosis rates of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) remain low. We implemented FH ALERT to assess whether alerting physicians for the possibility of FH impacted additional diagnostic activity. The study was conducted from SYNLAB laboratory Weiden (Bavaria). Beyond common reporting of LDL-...

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Main Authors: Felix Fath, Andreas Bengeser, Mathias Barresi, Priska Binner, Stefanie Schwab, Kausik K. Ray, Bernhard K. Krämer, Uwe Fraass, Winfried März
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99961-y