Development of sensitive and specific age- and gender-specific low-density lipoprotein cholesterol cutoffs for diagnosis of first-degree relatives with familial hypercholesterolaemia in cascade testing.
BACKGROUND: The plasma total and low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels that are used as diagnostic criteria for familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) probands in the general population are too stringent for use in relatives, given the higher prior probability of a first-degree relative b...
Үндсэн зохиолчид: | Starr, B, Hadfield, S, Hutten, B, Lansberg, P, Leren, T, Damgaard, D, Neil, H, Humphries, SE |
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Формат: | Journal article |
Хэл сонгох: | English |
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2008
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