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Diagnostic yield of sequencing familial hypercholesterolemia genes in individuals with primary hypercholesterolemia.
Revista espanola de cardiologia (English ed.) - 1 Aug 2021
Lamiquiz-Moneo Itziar, Civeira Fernando, Mateo-Gallego Rocío, Laclaustra Martín, Moreno-Franco Belén, Tejedor María Teresa, Palacios Lourdes, Martín César, Cenarro Ana
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to approximate the prevalence of mutations in candidate genes for familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) in a middle-aged Spanish population and to establish the predictive value of criteria for clinical suspicion in the detection of causative mutations. METHODS: Unrelated individuals aged ≥ 18 years from the Aragon Workers' Health Study (AWHS) with high low-density...
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