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Lipoprotein-apheresis in familial hypercholesterolemia: Long-term patient compliance in a French cohort.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Oct 2018
Beliard Sophie, Gallo Antonio, Duchêne Emilie, Carrié Alain, Bittar Randa, Chapman M John, Bruckert Eric, Saheb Samir
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Lipoprotein apheresis (LA) is a complex therapeutic option and poor compliance can adversely affect treatment outcome. The aim of this study was to describe long-term compliance to treatment in patients undergoing regular LA therapy and to investigate factors related to low compliance. METHODS: We analysed 11,391 prescribed procedures of LA performed between 1990 and 2007 in 51 patients with...
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