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Use of Lipoprotein(a) to improve diagnosis and management in clinical familial hypercholesterolemia
29 Nov 2022
Abstract excerpt
Background and aims Lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) is an LDL-like particle whose plasma levels are largely genetically determined. The impact of measuring Lp(a) in patients with clinical familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) referred for genetic testing is largely unknown. We set out to evaluate the contribution of (genetically estimated) Lp(a) in a large nation-wide referral population of clinical FH. Methods In 1504...
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