Article
Novel treatments for familial hypercholesterolemia: pharmacogenetics at work.
Pharmacotherapy - 1 Sept 2014
Marbach Jeffrey A, McKeon Jessica L, Ross Joyce L, Duffy Danielle
Abstract excerpt
The familial hypercholesterolemias (FHs) are inherited disorders of lipoprotein metabolism that are among the most prevalent genetically inherited disorders. Various genetic mutations ultimately lead to greatly increased low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels over a lifetime. Consequently, patients with FH develop coronary artery disease at significantly earlier ages and at a greater frequency than...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
