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Perceived vulnerability to heart disease in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: a qualitative interview study.

Annals of family medicine - 1 Jan 2000

Frich Jan C, Ose Leiv, Malterud Kirsti, Fugelli Per

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PURPOSE: Knowledge about the ways patients perceive their vulnerability to disease is important for communication with patients about risk and preventive health measures. This interview study aimed to explore how patients with a diagnosis of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia understand and perceive their vulnerability to coronary heart disease. METHODS: We did a qualitative study of 40 patients with...

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PMID: 16735520
DOI: 10.1370/afm.529
PMCID: PMC1479440

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