A cautionary tale: Is this APOB whole-gene duplication actually pathogenic?

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A 22-year-old woman presented with elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and clinically suspected familial hypercholesterolemia. Initial genetic analysis by Sanger sequencing found no causal variants in LDLR or other familial hypercholesterolemia genes. More than a decade later, her 9-year-old daughter was also found to have elevated LDL cholesterol. Re-analysis using current genetic methodology...

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