Familial hypercholesterolemia: is it time to separate monogenic from polygenic familial hypercholesterolemia?

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review explores the concepts of monogenic and the so-called polygenic familial hypercholesterolemia and how the identification of familial hypercholesterolemia as a monogenic condition and its separation from polygenic primary hypercholesterolemia may have implications for clinical practice. RECENT FINDINGS: Through genetic testing, a mutation in any of the three known autosomal dominant...

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