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Algorithm for detection and screening of familial hypercholesterolemia in Lithuanian population.
Lipids in health and disease - 7 May 2024
Aliosaitiene Urte, Petrulioniene Zaneta, Rinkuniene Egidija, Mainelis Antanas, Brazdziuniene Egle, Smailyte Urte, Sileikiene Vaida, Laucevicius Aleksandras
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BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is one of the most common autosomal dominant diseases. FH causes a lifelong increase in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, which in turn leads to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The incidence of FH is widely underestimated and undertreated, despite the availability and effectiveness of lipid-lowering therapy. Patients with FH have an...
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