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Familial defective apolipoprotein B versus familial hypercholesterolemia: an assessment of risk.
Seminars in vascular medicine - 1 Aug 2004
Fouchier Sigrid W, Defesche Joep C, Kastelein John J P, Sijbrands Eric J G
Abstract excerpt
Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) or familial defective apolipoprotein B (FDB) have severely increased low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol levels and increased risk for premature coronary artery disease (CAD). Previous data on FDB patients were collected in patients referred to lipid clinics and were therefore subject to referral bias. We assessed the clinical phenotype of FDB in a population...
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