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Volume 17, Issue 5 , Pages 411-413 , October 2008

Detection of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: A Major Treatment Gap in Preventative Cardiology

Timothy R. Bates, FRACP
- Lipid Disorders Clinic and Department of Internal Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, GPO Box X2213, Perth, Western Australia 6847, Australia
John R. Burnett, MD, PhD
- Lipid Disorders Clinic and Department of Internal Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, GPO Box X2213, Perth, Western Australia 6847, Australia
- Department of Core Clinical Pathology and Biochemistry, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Royal Perth Hospital, GPO Box X2213, Perth, Western Australia 6847, Australia
- School of Surgery and Pathology, University of Western Australia, MRF Building, 50 Murray Street, Level 4, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia
Frank M. van Bockxmeer, PhD, FAHA
- School of Surgery and Pathology, University of Western Australia, MRF Building, 50 Murray Street, Level 4, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia
- Cardiovascular Genetics Laboratory, Division of Laboratory Medicine, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Royal Perth Hospital, GPO Box X2213, Perth, Western Australia 6847, Australia
Sandra Hamilton, BSc
- Lipid Disorders Clinic and Department of Internal Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, GPO Box X2213, Perth, Western Australia 6847, Australia
- School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, MRF Building, 50 Murray Street, Level 4, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia
Leonard Arnolda, PhD, FRACP
- School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, MRF Building, 50 Murray Street, Level 4, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia
- Department of Cardiology, Royal Perth Hospital, GPO Box X2213, Perth, Western Australia 6847, Australia
Gerald F. Watts, DSc, FRACP
- Lipid Disorders Clinic and Department of Internal Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, GPO Box X2213, Perth, Western Australia 6847, Australia
- School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, MRF Building, 50 Murray Street, Level 4, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia
- Corresponding author at: Lipid Disorders Clinic, Royal Perth Hospital, GPO Box X2213, Perth, Western Australia 6847, Australia. Tel.: +61 8 9224 0245; fax: +61 8 9224 0246.