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Severe familial hypercholesterolemia and pregnancy: handle with care.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Oct 2026
Dal Pino Beatrice, Ghelardi Alessandro, Innocenti Lorenzo, Ginori Alessandro, Sbrana Francesco
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Pregnancy is a period of both physical and hormonal changes that have the function of ensuring the correct development of the child and providing for its needs, as well as preparing the mother for childbirth and breastfeeding. However, the physiological changes that occur during pregnancy may favor a predisposition to metabolic disorders. METHODS AND RESULTS: In the case of a woman affected by...
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- Humans
- Female
- Pregnancy
- Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II
- Adult
- Homozygote
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
