Screening for familial hypercholesterolemia: what is the most effective strategy?

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[1] Berenson GS(1998)Association between multiple cardiovascular risk factors and atherosclerosis in children and young adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study N Engl J Med 338 1650-1656

[2] Friedman LA(2006)Sensitivity and specificity of pediatric lipid determinations for adult lipid status findings from the Princeton Lipid Research Clinics Prevalence Program Follow-up Study Pediatrics 118 165-172

[3] McCrindle BW(2007)Drug therapy of high-risk lipid abnormalities in children and adolescents: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, and Obesity in Youth Committee, Council of Cardiovascular Diseases in the Young, with the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing Circulation 115 1948-1967

[4] Haney EM(2007)Screening and treatment for lipid disorders in children and adolescents: systematic evidence review for the US Preventive Services Task Force Pediatrics 120 e189-e214