Monozygotic twins with familial hypercholesterolemia and high lipoprotein(a) levels leading to identical cardiovascular outcomes: Case report and review of the literature

• Main Authors: Meral Kayıkçıoğlu (Author), Hakan Gökalp Uzun (Author), Aslı Tetik Vardarlı (Author), Lale Tokgözoğlu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) is a rare, autosomal dominant disease that leads to premature cardiovascular disease (CVD). Since monozygotic twins share the intrauterine environment and have the same age and gene profile, they could represent a very special resource for the investig...