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Maternally inherited hypercholesterolemia does not modify the cardiovascular phenotype in familial hypercholesterolemia.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Mar 2021
Marco-Benedí Victoria, Laclaustra Martín, Bea Ana M, Suarez-Tembra Manuel, Plana Núria, Pinto Xavier, Brea Angel, Sanchez-Hernandez Rosa M, Civeira Fernando
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a codominant autosomal disease characterized by a high risk of cardiovascular disease when not in lipid-lowering treatment. However, there is a large variability in the clinical presentation in heterozygous subjects (HeFH). Maternal hypercholesterolemia has been proposed as a cardiometabolic risk factor later in life. Whether this phenotype variability...
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