title: The doctor's dilemma: challenges in the diagnosis and care of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
authors.affiliation: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida. Electronic address: sjbaum@fpim.org.
authors.forename: Seth J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E J G
authors.initials: EJG
authors.lastname: Sijbrands
authors.affiliation: Fundacion Hipercolesterolemia Familiar, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mata
authors.affiliation: Lipid Disorders Clinic, Cardiovascular Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Gerald F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Watts
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003241:Consanguinity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D006938:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D050356:Lipid Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011973:Receptors, LDL / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C473731:BMS201038; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D011973:Receptors, LDL; C524142:mipomersen