Cascade screening for familial hypercholesterolaemia: implications of a pilot study for national screening programmes.
OBJECTIVES: To determine what proportion of cases of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia would be identified by cascade screening conducted by a specialist hospital clinic, and by how much this would increase the prevalence of diagnosed cases. SETTING: Hospital clinic serving a population of...
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Formato: | Journal article |
Idioma: | English |
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2006
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