Establishing a national screening programme for familial hypercholesterolaemia in Lithuania
Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a widely underdiagnosed genetic disorder characterized by severely elevated levels of serum cholesterol and associated with premature mortality. Screening programmes and registries have been established worldwide to find and monitor patients with FH. The aim of this paper was to describe the approaches currently applied to identify patients with possible FH in Lithuania.
Source: Atherosclerosis - Category: Cardiology Authors: Zaneta Petrulioniene, Urte Gargalskaite, Sandra Kutkiene, Justina Staigyte, Rimante Cerkauskiene, Aleksandras Laucevicius Tags: Original article Source Type: research