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familial hypercholesterolemia

DEFINITIONS OF: familial hypercholesterolemia

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n congenital disorder characterized by high levels of cholesterol and early development of atherosclerosis

Type of:
monogenic disease, monogenic disorder
an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes
hypercholesteremia, hypercholesterolemia
the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis
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