familial hypercholesterolemia
Americannoun
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A Mayo Clinic study reports that current genetic screening guidelines fall short in identifying the majority of individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia, an inherited condition that can lead to extremely high cholesterol and early heart disease.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2025
In the human genetic disease familial hypercholesterolemia, the LDL receptors are defective or missing entirely.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Riksen says some of the most direct evidence came from studying people with familial hypercholesterolemia, a genetic condition causing high levels of blood cholesterol.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 1, 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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