Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Lipoprotein(a): Unraveling the Knot That Binds Them

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¹ CGH Medical Center, Sterling, Illinois; Cicarrone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: Peter.toth@cghmc.com.

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Peter P Toth. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020.

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. 2020 Jun 2;75(21):2694-2697.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.04.003.

¹ CGH Medical Center, Sterling, Illinois; Cicarrone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: Peter.toth@cghmc.com.

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Keywords: Lp(a); genetic epidemiology; hypercholesterolemia; lipoprotein metabolism; longitudinal cohort study.

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Ascertainment Bias in the Association Between Elevated Lipoprotein(a) and Familial Hypercholesterolemia.
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