Screening for familial hypercholesterolaemia
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Follow up after a family based genetic screening programme for familial hypercholesterolaemia: is screening alone enough?
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0959-8138,1756-1833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39335.668646.80