Familial hypercholesterolemia is a cardiovascular disease risk condition since its characterized by elevated lipid values since childhood. In this work we stratified CVD risk in a sample of FH patients and the general population and analysed both cohorts in terms of lipid lowering therapy used and attainment of lipid therapeutic target levels. We saw that while the general population has moderate to high CVD ri...
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant disorder of lipid metabolism associated with premature atherosclerosis and increased cardiovascular risk. Over 3,000 variants in LDLR, APOB, and PCSK9 have been identified in FH patients; however, <10% of these have been functionally proven to cause disease. The recent ACMG/AMP guidelines for standardized variant interpretation in Mendelian disorders a...
Background: - The successes of clinical genetics rely on accurate variant interpretation for the purpose of informing diagnosis and treatment: - However, this practice is often rudimentary and differs among diagnostic laboratories, leading to inconsistencies in pathogenicity classification; - In response, the Clinical Genome Resources (ClinGen) consortium approves expert panels to recommend disease-specific gui...
A presbiacúsia ou perda auditiva relacionada com a idade (ARHL) é a alteração sensorial mais comum nos idosos, afectando milhões de pessoas no mundo e contribuindo para o seu isolamento social e uma consequente diminuição da qualidade de vida. A ARHL está associada a um amplo espectro de causas ambientais e genéticas, e a consequências de carácter cognitivo e psicossocial. A susceptibilidade genética relaciona-...