EHR-Based Screening of Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Finding the Lipid in the Haystack

Overview

Journal JACC Adv

Date 2025 Jan 16

PMID 39817082

Authors

Ramzi Ibrahim

Jack Hartnett

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