Universal screening of children for familial hypercholesterolaemia: Value for money?

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia. Electronic address: zanfina.ademi@monash.edu.
² Department of General Paediatrics, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Australia.

Editorial

Zanfina Ademi et al. Atherosclerosis. 2018 Aug.

. 2018 Aug:275:384-386.

doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.06.874. Epub 2018 Jun 22.

¹ School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia. Electronic address: zanfina.ademi@monash.edu.
² Department of General Paediatrics, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Australia.

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Keywords: Cascade screening; Cost-effectiveness; Familial hypercholesterolaemia; Universal screening.

Comment on

Universal screening at age 1-2 years as an adjunct to cascade testing for familial hypercholesterolaemia in the UK: A cost-utility analysis.
McKay AJ, Hogan H, Humphries SE, Marks D, Ray KK, Miners A. McKay AJ, et al. Atherosclerosis. 2018 Aug;275:434-443. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.05.047. Epub 2018 Jun 4. Atherosclerosis. 2018. PMID: 29937236