Next generation sequencing to identify novel genetic variants causative of autosomal dominant familial hypercholesterolemia associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease.

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Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant inherited disease characterized by elevated plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). It is an autosomal dominant disease, caused by variants in Ldlr, ApoB or Pcsk9, which results in high levels of LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) leading to early coronary heart disease. Sequencing whole genome for screening variants for FH are not suitable due to high...

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