Patients’ Perceptions and Experiences of Familial Hypercholesterolemia, Cascade Genetic Screening and Treatment

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Patients’ Perceptions and Experiences of Familial Hypercholesterolemia, Cascade Genetic Screening and Treatment

Background: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a serious genetic disorder affecting approximately 1 in every 300 to 500 individuals and is characterised by excessively high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels, substantially increased risk of early-onset coronary heart disease (CHD) a...

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Main Authors:	Hardcastle, Sarah, Legge, E., Laundy, C., Egan, Sarah, French, R., Watts, G., Hagger, Martin
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Springer New York LLC 2015
Subjects:	Disease knowledge Attitudes Familial hypercholesterolemia Cascade screening Qualitative interviews
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17904

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