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title: "New Whitepaper: Familial Hypercholesterolemia"
description: "Devyser is pleased to announce the publication of a new whitepaper Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Genetic Diagnosis and Cascade Testing Using NGS. The paper is a guide to conducting testing using NGS, and the benefits of implementing cascade screening for FH, which is a dominant yet highly underdiagnosed hereditary disorder."
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# [New Whitepaper: Familial Hypercholesterolemia](https://devyser.com/blog/new-whitepaper-familial-hypercholesterolemia)

 Written by [Admin](https://devyser.com/blog/author/admin) | Jul 3, 2018 2:18:00 PM

Devyser is pleased to announce the publication of a new whitepaper [Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Genetic Diagnosis and Cascade Testing Using NGS](https://www.devyser.com/whitepapers/familial-hypercholesterolemia-genetic-diagnosis-and-cascade-testing-using-ngs)

The 6th in our *Expert Review* series, this paper is co-authored by Peter Benedek and Kristina Duvefelt, of Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm.

The paper is a guide to conducting testing using NGS, and the benefits of implementing cascade screening for FH, which is a dominant yet highly underdiagnosed heriditary disorder. Affected individuals are affected by high levels of LDL-cholesterol, and early onset cardiovascular disease and death.

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