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Diagnosis of familial combined hyperlipidemia based on lipid phenotype expression in 32 families: results of a 5-year follow-up study.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Feb 2002
Veerkamp Mario J, de Graaf Jacqueline, Bredie Sebastian J H, Hendriks Jan C M, Demacker Pierre N M, Stalenhoef Anton F H
Abstract excerpt
Familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCH) is characterized by a variable expression of hypercholesterolemia and/or hypertriglyceridemia. We evaluated the variability in lipid phenotype expression over a 5-year period and studied factors affecting the lipid phenotype expression. A total of 32 families (299 subjects) were studied in 1994 and in 1999. Subjects were classified as having FCH when total cholesterol and/or...
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