Screening for familial hypercholesterolemia: what is the most effective strategy?

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008 Mar;5(3):130-1. doi: 10.1038/ncpcardio1084. Epub 2007 Dec 4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Age Distribution
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cholesterol / blood
  • Cholesterol, LDL / blood
  • Cohort Studies
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease / epidemiology*
  • Genetic Testing / organization & administration*
  • Humans
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / diagnosis*
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / epidemiology
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / genetics
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Probability
  • Program Development
  • Program Evaluation
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sex Distribution

Substances

  • Cholesterol, LDL
  • Cholesterol