Article
[Genetic factors of risk of ischemic heart disease development in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia].
Kardiologiia - 1 Jan 2005
Meshkov A N, Stambol'skiĭ D V, Nikitina L A, Abdullaev S M, Bochkov V N, Tkachuk V A, Kukharchuk V V, Malyshev P P
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Ischemic heart disease (IHD) develops in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FHC) 15-20 years earlier than in general population. However age of onset of the disease, its clinical manifestations are variable and not completely determined by cholesterol level and class of low density lipoprotein receptor mutations. AIM: To elucidate associations of some auxiliary genetic factors -- such as...
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