Endothelial dysfunction in familial hypercholesterolaemia
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2004-05-25
Authors
Brown, Susan, Lynn
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Abstract
Untreated patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (hFH) are at increased risk for atherosclerosis. Surrogate markers to predict atheroma include the presence of endothelial dysfunction (ED) as well as increased levels of inflammatory markers
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Medicine in the branch of Internal Medicine