Genetic diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia is associated with a premature and high coronary heart disease risk.

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BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common autosomal dominant disease associated with premature coronary heart disease (CHD). Studies tend to show that patients with FH associated with an identified mutation (mutation+ FH) are at higher risk than patients without an identified mutation (mutation- FH). We compared the clinical and biological profile and the risk of CHD in patients with mutation+ FH...

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