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Coronary Artery Disease in Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia Patients With the Same LDL Receptor Gene Mutation
1 Aug 1995
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BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), an autosomal codominant disease, is characterized by high levels of LDL cholesterol and a high incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD). To date, genetic heterogeneity has hindered the proper assessment of the relation between risk factors and CAD in FH patients. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied the association between CAD and common risk factors in a sample of 263...
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