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From the Service dEndocrinologie-Métabolisme, AP-HP, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Correspondence to Prof Eric Bruckert, Department of Endocrinology, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 83, Boulevard de lHôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France. E-mail eric.bruckert@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr
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To achieve therapeutic goals in such a clinical case, there are limited options. Doubling the daily dose of a statin up to 80 mg with either simvastatin or
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