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  2. Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disorder characterized by high levels of cholesterol. Learn the symptoms, how it's treated, and the outlook for this disorder.

  3. Familial hypercholesterolemia - Wikipedia

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    Familial hypercholesterolemia ( FH) is a genetic disorder characterized by high cholesterol levels, specifically very high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL cholesterol), in the blood and early cardiovascular diseases. The most common mutations diminish the number of functional LDL receptors in the liver or produce abnormal LDL ...

  4. Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH): An Overview

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    Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disorder characterized by high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in your blood. Doctors classify FH as either homozygous (HoFH) or ...

  5. Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia - WebMD

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    Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is a disorder where it is hard for your body to remove LDL "bad" cholesterol from your blood. The disease raises your chances of a heart attack at an early ...

  6. Genetics and High Cholesterol: APOE4 Gene, Tests, and More

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    Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an inherited condition that results in high LDL and total cholesterol levels. There’s currently genetic testing available for FH, but it has limitations.

  7. Cholesterol Numbers Charts: HDL, LDL, Total Cholesterol, and ...

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    LDL is the main source of artery-clogging plaque. HDL, on the other hand, clears cholesterol from your blood. Besides LDL and HDL, there’s another kind of fat in your blood called triglycerides ...

  8. Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) - WebMD

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    HeFH is caused by a change in a gene that makes it harder for your body to remove LDL cholesterol from your bloodstream. Cholesterol is a fatty, waxy substance in your blood and cells. It travels ...

  9. Fachhochschule - Wikipedia

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    A Fachhochschule (German: [ˈfaxhoːxʃuːlə] ⓘ; plural Fachhochschulen), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, technology, business, architecture, design, and industrial design.