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Post-mortem investigation of young deceased individuals with ischemic heart disease—outcome of supplementary genetic testing for dyslipidemia

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    C. L. Hertz, S. L. Christiansen, G. L. Ottesen, R. Frank-Hansen & N. Morling

  2. The Unit for Inherited Cardiac Diseases, The Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Hertz, C.L., Christiansen, S.L., Ottesen, G.L. et al. Post-mortem investigation of young deceased individuals with ischemic heart disease—outcome of supplementary genetic testing for dyslipidemia. Int J Legal Med 130, 947–948 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-015-1282-3

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