Universal paediatric screening for familial hypercholesterolaemia

Lancet. 2024 Jan 6;403(10421):6-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02182-7. Epub 2023 Dec 12.

Authors

Mary P McGowan¹, Marina Cuchel²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA; Family Heart Foundation, Pasadena, CA, USA. Electronic address: mary.p.mcgowan@hitchcock.org.
² Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

PMID: 38101427
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02182-7

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Child
Humans
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II* / diagnosis
Mass Screening