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A case of sitosterolemia misdiagnosed as familial hypercholesterolemia: A 4-year follow-up.
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Wang Wei, Jiang Long, Chen Pan-Pan, Wu Yue, Su Peng-Yu, Wang Lu-Ya
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Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common inherited disease that exhibits significantly increased levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), skin or tendon xanthomas, corneal arcus and premature coronary heart disease (CHD). The prevalence of heterozygous FH is nearly 1/300 worldwide, and the prevalence of homozygous FH (HoFH) is 1/160,000 - 1/300,000. The Dutch Lipid Clinic Network diagnostic...
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