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Comparison of the risk of fatal coronary heart disease in treated xanthomatous and non-xanthomatous heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: a prospective registry study.
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BACKGROUND: A clinical diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is often made in the absence of tendon xanthomata (TX), which are not usually present before the fourth decade of life. The prognosis of treated non-xanthomatous (TX-) FH is uncertain and the objective of this study was to compare mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) in patients with treated TX+ (definite) and TX- (possible) heterozygous FH. METHODS: A diagnosis of definite or possible FH was based on raised chole...
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- Journal:
- Atherosclerosis
- Volume:
- 170
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 73-78
- Publication date:
- 2003-09-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1879-1484
- ISSN:
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0021-9150
- Source identifiers:
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72767
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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- pubs:72767
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- 2003
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