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Microvascular Function and Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Patients with Severe Hypercholesterolemia and the Familial Hypercholesterolemia Phenotype.
Cardiology - 1 Jan 2000
De Lorenzo Andrea, Moreira Annie S B, Muccillo Fabiana B, Assad Marcelo, Tibirica Eduardo V
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) and systemic microvascular function in patients with severe hypercholesterolemia, comparing patients with the definite familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) phenotype (DFH) or probable/possible FH phenotype (PFH). There is a large spectrum of atherosclerotic disease between these two clinical phenotypes of FH, and to acquire further knowledge of the...
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