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Detecting familial hypercholesterolemia by serum lipid profile screening in a hospital setting: Clinical, genetic and atherosclerotic burden profile.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Jan 2018
Scicali R, Di Pino A, Platania R, Purrazzo G, Ferrara V, Giannone A, Urbano F, Filippello A, Rapisarda V, Farruggia E, Piro S, Rabuazzo A M, Purrello F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is underdiagnosed and public cholesterol screening may be useful to find new subjects. In this study, we aim to investigate the prevalence of FH patients in a hospital screening program and evaluate their atherosclerotic burden using intima-media thickness (IMT). METHODS AND RESULTS: We screened 1575 lipid profiles and included for genetic analysis adults...
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