Familial combined hyperlipidemia in children: clinical expression, metabolic defects, and management.

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Familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL) is a dominantly inherited hyperlipidemia that occurs in at least 1% of the adult population and is responsible for 10% of premature coronary artery disease. In families referred for evaluation because of primary hyperlipidemia in a child, FCHL is expressed three times more commonly than familial hypercholesterolemia and half of the siblings are affected. Several metabolic...

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