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The severe hypercholesterolemia phenotype: clinical diagnosis, management, and emerging therapies.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 20 May 2014
Sniderman Allan D, Tsimikas Sotirios, Fazio Sergio
Abstract excerpt
The severe hypercholesterolemia phenotype includes all patients with marked elevation of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. The most common cause is autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia, an inherited disorder caused by mutations either in LDL receptor, apolipoprotein B (APOB), or proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) genes. However, it is now known that many subjects with...
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