Familial Hypercholesterolemia and the Atherosclerotic Disease
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is associated with premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases, and is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. The prevalence of heterozygous FH is one in five hundred people. Owing to dysfunctional low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors due to genetic mut...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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The Korean Society of Cardiology
2013
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3717417/ |