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Premature coronary heart disease and autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia: Increased risk in women with LDLR mutations.
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Ahmad Zahid, Li Xilong, Wosik Jedrek, Mani Preethi, Petr Joye, McLeod George, Murad Shatha, Song Li, Adams-Huet Beverley, Garg Abhimanyu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: For patients with autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia (ADH), it remains unclear whether differences exist in the risk of premature coronary heart disease (CHD) between patients with confirmed mutations in low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) vs those without detectable mutations. OBJECTIVE: This study sought to assess the risk of premature CHD in ADH patients with mutations in LDLR (referred to...
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