Australian Journal of General Practice
Formerly Australian Family Physician (AFP)
BSc, MPhil, PhD, FRCPath, Senior Research Fellow, Medical School, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA; General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Unit, School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, WA
Despite recent exponential growth in research on familial hypercholesterolaemia, there remains a general lack of public and health professional awareness about the disorder.
Recent consensus advice on the care of patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) supports improved care of patients with FH in the primary care setting.