Article
[Familial hypercholesterolemia in the Czech Republic in 2016].
Vnitrni lekarstvi - 1 Jan 2000
Freiberger Tomáš, Vaclová Martina, Tichý Lukáš, Soška Vladimír, Bláha Vladimír, Fajkusová Lenka, Češka Richard, Vrablík Michal
Abstract excerpt
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is the most frequent autosomal dominant hereditary disease which is characterized by a decreased LDL-cholesterol catabolism and early clinical manifestation of atherosclerosis affecting blood vessels. The MedPed (Make early diagnosis to Prevent early deaths) project aims to diagnose patients with FH as early as possible, so that they can profit the most from a therapy started in...
Topics
- Atherosclerosis
- Cholesterol, LDL
- Czech Republic
- Databases, Factual
- Early Diagnosis
- High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
- Humans
- Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II
- Hypolipidemic Agents
- Mass Screening