Familial Hypercholesterolemia: The Most Common Monogenic Disorder in Humans

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¹ Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: j.j.kastelein@amsterdamumc.nl.
² Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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John J P Kastelein et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020.

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. 2020 May 26;75(20):2567-2569.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.03.058.

¹ Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: j.j.kastelein@amsterdamumc.nl.
² Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Keywords: epidemiology; frequency; myocardial infarction; premature; severe hypercholesterolemia; systematic review.

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