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Familial hypercholesterolemia in a European Mediterranean population-Prevalence and clinical data from 2.5 million primary care patients.

Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000

Zamora Alberto, Masana Luís, Comas-Cufí Marc, Vila Àlex, Plana Núria, García-Gil Maria, Alves-Cabratosa Lia, Marrugat Jaume, Roman Irene, Ramos Rafel

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BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), the most frequent hereditary cause of premature coronary heart disease (CHD), is underdiagnosed and insufficiently treated. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the study were to estimate the prevalence of the FH phenotype (FH-P) and to describe its clinical characteristics in a Mediterranean population. METHODS: Data were obtained from the Catalan primary care system's...

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PMID: 28826564
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2017.05.012

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