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familial hypercholesterolemia

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noun

Pathology.
  1. an inherited metabolic disorder caused by a lack or malfunction of receptors for the low-density lipoproteins that activate removal of cholesterol from the blood. FH.


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Researchers discovered that nearly 90% of participants with familial hypercholesterolemia would not have been selected for standard genetic testing.

From Science Daily Dec. 8, 2025

Some human diseases, such as familial hypercholesterolemia, are caused by the failure of receptor-mediated endocytosis.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

As a result, people with familial hypercholesterolemia have abnormally high levels of LDL cholesterol and, if left untreated, are up to 13 times more likely to develop coronary heart disease than someone without the mutation.

From Scientific American Dec. 2, 2021

These include patients with the inherited condition familial hypercholesterolemia, which causes abnormally high levels of LDL, or atherosclerotic heart conditions.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 13, 2015

For others, statins just don't do the job -- including people with familial hypercholesterolemia, an inherited condition that causes very high LDL levels and heart attacks at an early age.

From US News Aug. 27, 2015

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