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JCL Roundtable: diagnosis of severe familial hypercholesterolemia.
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Brown W Virgil, Rader Daniel J, Kane John
Abstract excerpt
The diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia is usually straightforward. The severely elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and the occurrence of high concentrations of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in the parents provide the diagnosis. The presence of tendon xanthomata is confirma...
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