Early diagnosis and treatments in childhood are associated with better prognosis in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia

• Main Authors: Hayato Tada (Author), Nobuko Kojima (Author), Kan Yamagami (Author), Akihiro Nomura (Author), Atsushi Nohara (Author), Soichiro Usui (Author), Kenji Sakata (Author), Masayuki Takamura (Author), Masa-aki Kawashiri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: The early diagnosis and treatment initiation for children with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) has been recommended in guidelines. However, there is limited data on the impact of early treatments on the prognosis of children with FH. To investigate if the early initiation of lipid-lowe...