[Familial hypercholesterolemia in children and adolescents].

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Familial hypercholesterolemia in children and adolescents. Familial hypercholesterolemia is a common genetic disease. The dominant autosomal heterozygous form is most common in relation to the pathogenic mutation of a single gene responsible for a significant rise in LDL-cholesterol levels in childhood. In the absence of treatment, this abnormality exposes to a risk of early cardiovascular diseases in men and...

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