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Characterization of familial hypercholesterolemia in Taiwanese ischemic stroke patients.
Aging - 27 Jul 2021
Tung Hsin, Lin Hsueh-Ju, Chen Po-Lin, Lu Tsai-Jung, Jhan Pei-Pei, Chen Jun-Peng, Chen Yi-Ming, Wu Chen-Chin, Lin Yung-Yang, Hsiao Tzu-Hung
Abstract excerpt
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common genetic disorder characterized by a lifelong elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level. The relationship between FH and ischemic stroke is still controversial. We enrolled ischemic stroke patients prospectively in our neurological ward, and divided them into two groups according to LDL-C levels with a threshold of 130 mg/dl. Targeted sequencing was...
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