Clinical Features of Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Children and Adults in EAS-FHSC Regional Center for Rare Diseases in Poland.
Joanna LewekAgnieszka KonopkaEwa StarosteckaPeter E PensonMarek MaciejewskiMaciej BanachPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)
Despite a younger age of FH diagnosis, children presented with higher mean levels of LDL-C than adults. There are still urgent unmet needs concerning effective lipid-lowering therapy in FH patients, especially the need for greater use of combination therapy, which may allow LDL-C targets to be met in most of the patients.