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Nurse Pract. 2020 Aug;45(8):42-48. doi: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000681792.32984.96.

Understanding the most commonly billed diagnoses in primary care: Hyperlipidemia.

The Nurse practitioner

Julia Rogers, Manisa Baker

PMID: 32701880 DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000681792.32984.96

Abstract

This installment in the series on the most commonly billed diagnoses in primary care focuses on hyperlipidemia. This article discusses the pathophysiologic processes of hyperlipidemia as well as how the clinical manifestations and treatments are linked to the pathogenesis of disease.

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