DOI: 10.1055/s-00000116

Seminars in Vascular Medicine

Issue 01 · Volume 4 · February 2004 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-3221 Clinical Manifestations, Laboratory Diagnosis, and Molecular Biology of Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Clinical Management and Prevention Editor in Chief Jan Jacques Michiels M.D. Ph.D., Guest Editors Joep C Defesche Ph.D.

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    Review Questions

    • EDITORIAL

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    Michiels, Jan Jacques:

    EDITORIAL

    • PREFACE

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    Michiels, Jan Jacques:

    PREFACE

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    Defesche, Joep C.:

    Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Its Structure, Function, and Mutations

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    Demacker, Pierre N. M.:

    Laboratory-Based Assessment of Plasma Lipids and Lipopoteins for the Classification of Familial Hypercholesterolemic and Hypertriglyceridemic States

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    Demacker, Pierre N. M.:

    Assessment of Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease in Vascular Medicine: Long-Term Experience and a Personal View from the Laboratory

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    van Aalst-Cohen, Emily S.; Jansen, Angelique C. M.; de Jongh, Saskia; de Sauvage Nolting, Pernette R. W.; Kastelein, John J. P.:

    Clinical, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Aspects of Familial Hypercholesterolemia

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    Marais, Adrian David; Firth, Jean Catherine; Blom, Dirk Jacobus:

    Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Its Management

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    Ose, Leiv:

    Diagnostic, Clinical, and Therapeutic Aspects of Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Children

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    Defesche, Joep C.; Lansberg, Peter J.; Umans-Eckenhausen, Marina A. W.; Kastelein, John J. P.:

    Advanced Method for the Identification of Patients with Inherited Hypercholesterolemia

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    Pocovi, Miguel; Civeira, Fernando; Alonso, Rodrigo; Mata, Pedro:

    Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Spain: Case-Finding Program, Clinical and Genetic Aspects

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    Leren, Trond P.; Manshaus, Turid; Skovholt, Unn; Skodje, Tove; Nossen, Inger Esther; Teie, Christél; Sørensen, Stine; Bakken, Kari Solberg:

    Application of Molecular Genetics for Diagnosing Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Norway: Results from a Family-Based Screening Program

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    Hamilton-Craig, Ian:

    Case-Finding for Familial Hypercholesterolemia in the Asia-Pacific Region

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    Marais, Adrian David; Firth, Jean Catherine; Blom, Dirk Jacobus:

    Familial Hypercholesterolemia in South Africa

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    Wonderling, David; Umans-Eckenhausen, Marina A. W.; Marks, Dalya; Defesche, Joep C.; Kastelein, John J. P.; Thorogood, Margaret:

    Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the Genetic Screening Program for Familial Hypercholesterolemia in the Netherlands