Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia in China: a genotype–phenotype analysis of cross-sectional data

作者:Long Jiang; Ze Min Kuang; Xiao Dong Pan; Ren Qiang Yang; Xiao Shu Cheng; Lu Ya Wang
来源:Lancet, 2016, 388: S83-S83.
DOI:10.1016/s0140-6736(16)32010-4

摘要

Background
Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia is a rare life-threatening disease characterised by markedly elevated LDL cholesterol concentrations and accelerated atherosclerosis. Few studies have focused specifically on this group of patients, especially in China. We set out to investigate the phenotypical characteristics and the genotype–phenotype correlations of homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia in China.