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    Cholesterol in Children and Teens

    Cholesterol in Children and Teens



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    Citations

    1. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2007). Screening for lipid disorders in children. Available online: http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspschlip.htm.

    2. Expert Panel on Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents (2011). Expert panel on integrated guidelines for cardiovascular health and risk reduction in children and adolescents: Summary report. Pediatrics, 128(Suppl 5): S213–S256.

    Other Works Consulted

    • McCrindle BW, et al. (2007). Drug therapy of high-risk lipid abnormalities in children and adolescents. A scientific statement from the American Heart Association Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, and Obesity in Youth Committee, Council of Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, with the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing. Circulation, 115(14): 1948–1967.




    By: Reference Healthwise Staff Last Revised: Reference June 29, 2012
    Medical Review: Reference Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
    Reference Robert A. Kloner, MD, PhD - Cardiology
    Reference Rakesh K. Pai, MD, FACC - Cardiology, Electrophysiology


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