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Screening Children and Young Adults for Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Clinically Helpful but Not Cost‑Effective
A modeling study found that sequential population screening for familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) at ages 10 or 18 is clinically effective but not cost‑effective versus usual care, unless follow-up monitoring and lifestyle interventions for non‑FH dyslipidemia increase substantially.