Child–Parent Familial Hypercholesterolemia Screening in Primary Care
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- 27 October 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 375 (17) , 1628-1637
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1602777
Abstract
Child–parent screening for familial hypercholesterolemia has been proposed to identify persons at high risk for inherited premature cardiovascular disease. We assessed the efficacy and feasibility of such screening in primary care practice.Keywords
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