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Family history: the neglected risk factor in disease prevention

Timothy R Bates, Elissa B Poulter, Frank M van Bockxmeer and Gerald F Watts
Med J Aust 2010; 193 (7): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03984.x
Published online: 4 October 2010

To the Editor: Langlands and colleagues show that family history is poorly taken in patients presenting to an acute medical unit at a major tertiary hospital.1


  • 1 Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA.
  • 2 University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.


Correspondence: gerald.watts@uwa.edu.au

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  • 2. Thomas JS, Thompson CH. Omitting family history from the hospital admission [editorial]. Med J Aust 2010; 192: 676-677. <MJA full text>
  • 3. Emery JD, Walter FM, Ravine D. Family history: the neglected risk factor in disease prevention [editorial]. Med J Aust 2010; 192: 677-678. <MJA full text>
  • 4. Bates TR, Burnett JR, van Bockxmeer FM, et al. Detection of familial hypercholesterolaemia: a major treatment gap in preventative cardiology. Heart Lung Circ 2008; 17: 411-413.
  • 5. Watts GF, van Bockxmeer FM, Bates T, et al. A new model of care for familial hypercholesterolaemia from Western Australia: closing a major gap in preventive cardiology. Heart Lung Circ 2010; 19: 419-422.
  • 6. Marks D, Thorogood M, Neil HA, Humphries SE. A review on the diagnosis, natural history, and treatment of familial hypercholesterolaemia. Atherosclerosis 2003; 168: 1-14.

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