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ABO blood group is a cardiovascular risk factor in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia.
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Paquette Martine, Dufour Robert, Baass Alexis
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The ABO blood group has been associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in observational studies. However, the effect of ABO blood group has never been studied in subjects affected by familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a severe monogenic disease characterized by accelerated atherosclerotic plaque development. OBJECTIVE: Our aim is to investigate the effect of the ABO blood group on CVD risk in FH...
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