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Genetic spectrum of familial hypercholesterolemia and correlations with clinical expression: Implications for diagnosis improvement.
Clinical genetics - 1 Nov 2021
Di Taranto Maria Donata, Giacobbe Carola, Palma Daniela, Iannuzzo Gabriella, Gentile Marco, Calcaterra Ilenia, Guardamagna Ornella, Auricchio Renata, Di Minno Matteo Nicola Dario, Fortunato Giuliana
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Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is the most common genetic disease caused by variants in LDLR, APOB, PCSK9 genes; it is characterized by high levels of LDL-cholesterol and premature cardiovascular disease. We aim to perform a retrospective analysis of a genetically screened population (528 unrelated patients-342 adults and 186 children) to evaluate the biochemical and clinical correlations with the different...
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