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Paternal inheritance predicts earlier cardiovascular event onset in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jul 2021
Paquette Martine, Fantino Manon, Bernard Sophie, Baass Alexis
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disease, with an autosomal codominant inheritance, predisposing to premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Paternal or maternal inheritance of the FH-causing mutation may affect the FH phenotype in offspring, but the effect of the genetic transmission on cardiovascular disease risk remains to be established. The aim of the...
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