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[Tracing of patients with familial hypercholesterolemia in the Netherlands].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 29 May 1999
Umans-Eckenhausen M A, Defesche J C, Scheerder R L, Cliné F, Kastelein J J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To inventory the possibilities of tracing relatives of patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) by means of family tree research and DNA diagnostics. DESIGN: Descriptive. METHOD: Blood from patients with the clinical diagnosis of 'FH' was sent, through one of the lipid outpatient clinics in the country, to the Foundation for Tracing Hereditary Hypercholesterolaemia (StOEH) for DNA examination,...
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