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Reaching detection targets in familial hypercholesterolaemia: Comparison of identification strategies.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jan 2020
Wald David S, Bestwick Jonathan P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a common and preventable cause of premature heart attack but in most nations only a small proportion of FH-positive individuals have been identified. The aim of this study was to estimate the time to close this FH detection gap. METHODS: We developed a model to estimate the time to identify different proportions of FH in the population for three...
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