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What is the history of Familial Hypercholesterolemia?
History of Familial Hypercholesterolemia: when and how it was discovered, and the milestones in research since, medically reviewed.
Many more they had family history but no treatments until statin therapy. Diagnostic code in past few years helped immensely as well as development of PCSK9
Posted Jun 6, 2017 by Sarahcnill 2000
Carl Muller was the first to postulate a link between Hypercholesterolemia,xanthomas and CVD in the late 1930s.
In 1964 Khatchadurian explained the 2 forms of FH,HeFH and HoFH.
Brown &Goldstein won a novel in 1985 for their work on Isolating the gene for FH.
In 1964 Khatchadurian explained the 2 forms of FH,HeFH and HoFH.
Brown &Goldstein won a novel in 1985 for their work on Isolating the gene for FH.
Posted Sep 10, 2017 by Colleen 2000
