20-Year Follow-up of Statins in Children with Familial Hypercholesterolemia

K. Luirink, Ilse; Wiegman, Albert; Meeike Kusters, D.; H. Hof, Michel; W. Groothoff, Jaap; de Groot, Eric; J.P. Kastelein, John; A. Hutten, Barbara

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1816454

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20-Year Follow-up of Statins in Children with Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Oct 16, 2019

Authors:

Ilse K. Luirink

Albert Wiegman

D. Meeike Kusters

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolemia is characterized by severely elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels and premature cardiovascular disease. The short-term efficacy of statin therapy in children is well established, but longer follow-up studies evaluating changes in the ris...

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Medicine

Familial hypercholesterolemia

Pravastatin

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