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Long term follow-up of children with familial hypercholesterolemia and relatively normal LDL-cholesterol at diagnosis.
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Johansen Anja K, Bogsrud Martin P, Roeters van Lennep Jeanine, Narverud Ingunn, Langslet Gisle, Retterstøl Kjetil, Holven Kirsten B
Abstract excerpt
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disorder with high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and high risk of cardiovascular disease. The long-term importance of carrying an FH mutation despite having relatively normal LDL-C levels in childhood is not known. We investigated the development of LDL-C levels and need of statin therapy in children with an FH mutation, with pretreatment LDL-C...
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