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Counseling couples at risk of having a child with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia - Clinical experience and recommendations.
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Tromp Tycho R, Reijman M Doortje, Wiegman Albert, Hovingh G Kees, Defesche Joep C, van Maarle Merel C, Mathijssen Inge B
Abstract excerpt
Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) is a rare, potentially life-limiting, inherited disorder of lipoprotein metabolism characterized by extremely high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. When both parents have heterozygous FH, there is a 25% chance they will conceive a child with HoFH. Here we describe our clinical experience with two such prospective parent couples who were counseled...
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