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Different clinical phenotypes of a pair of siblings with familial hypercholesterolemia: a case report and literature review.

Ze-Ping WangYa-Jie WuYing GaoJie QianLong-Tao LiuYuan-Lin GuoJian-Jun LiKe-Ji Chen
Published in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2023)
Patients with FH have a much higher risk of premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, but the clinical manifestations are heterogeneous. The smaller LDL particle size may be the underlying cause for different clinical outcomes in this pair of FH cases and be a potential novel indicator for predicting the prognosis of FH.
Keyphrases
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