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

• Egile Nagusiak: Meral Kayıkçıoğlu (Egilea), Hakan Gökalp Uzun (Egilea), Aslı Tetik Vardarlı (Egilea), Lale Tokgözoğlu (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: KARE Publishing, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: 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...