...Trond P. Leren; Tora Himle Finborud; Turid E. Manshaus; Leiv Ose; Knut Erik Berge Background: Too few familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) patients are diagnosed. The most cost-effective strategy to diagnose FH is to examine first-degree relatives of already diagnosed patients. This is referred...

...Sigrid W. Fouchier; Joep C. Defesche; John J.P. Kastelein Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), with a prevalence of 0.2%, is a common autosomal dominant disorder of lipoprotein metabolism. The hallmark of the disease is a severely elevated total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol level...

...Daniel Gaudet; Claude Gagné; Patrice Perron; Patrick Couture; Serena Tonstad Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is one of the most common inherited metabolic diseases, and is associated with an increased cardiovascular risk. The diagnosis of FH is based on clinical criteria, but molecular DNA...