在一般实践中提高家族性高胆固醇血症的检测:在社区中支持遗传级联测试的模型

Jing Pang1, Wendy Barnett2, Jane Purdie2

  • 1Medical School, University of Western Australia, Western Australia, Perth, Australia.

概括

在一级亲属 (FDR) 中进行家族性高胆固醇血症 (FH) 的遗传检测是通过共享护理模式有效的. 这种方法成功地识别了FH,并改善了被诊断的亲属的LDL胆固醇水平.

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