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ReviewCardiology clinics2015

Familial hypercholesterolemia.

Victoria Enchia Bouhairie, Anne Carol Goldberg

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Review in Cardiology clinics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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69citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  14. Transition of care from childhood/adolescence to adulthood in familial hypercholesterolemia.Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Victoria Enchia BouhairieDivision of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Research, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8127, 660 South Euclid, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Anne Carol GoldbergDivision of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Research, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8127, 660 South Euclid, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. Electronic address: agoldber@dom.wustl.edu.

Funding

DIABETES &RELATED METABOLIC DISEASEST32DK007120 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MARCO COLONNA, Maria Sara Remedi · 1986 to 2026
$15.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007120NIDDK NIH HHS T32DK007120
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Familial hypercholesterolemia is a common, inherited disorder of cholesterol metabolism that leads to early cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. It is underdiagnosed and undertreated. Statins, ezetimibe, bile acid sequestrants, niacin, lomitapide, mipomersen, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) apheresis are treatments that can lower LDL cholesterol levels. Early treatment can lead to substantial reduction of cardiovascular events and death in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia. It is important to increase awareness of this disorder in physicians and patients to reduce the burden of this disorder.

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseHyperlipoproteinemia Type IIAnticholesteremic AgentsBlood Component RemovalGlobal HealthHumansLipoproteinsPrevalenceAnticholesteremic AgentsLipoproteinsBile acid sequestrantsEzetimibeFamilial hypercholesterolemiaLDL apheresisLomitapideMipomersenStatins

Identifiers

PMID25939291
PMCPMC4472364

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