Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia in a pair of identical twins: a case report and updated review

• Główni autorzy: Noor Shafina Mohd Nor (Autor), Alyaa Mahmood Al-Khateeb (Autor), Yung-An Chua (Autor), Noor Alicezah Mohd Kasim (Autor), Hapizah Mohd Nawawi (Autor)
• Format: Książka
• Wydane: BMC, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is the most common inherited metabolic disease with an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance. It is characterised by raised serum levels of total cholesterol (TC) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c), leading to premature coronary a...