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For the last few years an Official Health Research Project of the Emilia Romagna Region has been underway to define the best diagnostic and therapeutic strategy for familial hypercholesterolemia. The data collected to date, referring to a survey of more than 500 subjects, indicate the severity and early type of coronary and carotid atheromatous lesions in Italian heterozygotes but also report, unlike surveys in other countries, the low prevalence of xanthomata and of xanthelasmas. The aim of this paper is to discuss the current diagnostic possibilities in relation to the clinical-laboratory picture and to the therapeutic needs and cardiovascular instrumental diagnosis of the FH patient.
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Gaddi, A. et al. (1990). FH gene phenotypic expression: insight for therapeutic strategy. In: Descovich, G., Gaddi, A., Magri, G., Lenzi, S. (eds) Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Disease. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0731-7_7
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