Blar i forfatter Doktorgradsavhandlinger (Helsefak) "Hovland, Anders W."
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LDL apheresis beyond lipid reduction : a study of three different apheresis columns in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia and ex vivo
Hovland, Anders W. (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2012-06-01)When low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol cannot be adequately controlled by medications, it is possible to reduce LDL-cholesterol by means of LDL apheresis. This extracorporeal treatment is most often used in familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). The procedure is known to reduce LDL-cholesterol significantly. Few studies however, have prospectively and systematically examined how different LDL ...