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Specialty. Endocrinology. 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 ...
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an inherited condition that results in high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. This also results in high total cholesterol as well and can ...
Casula M, et al. (2020). Homozygous and double or compound heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia in Italy: Genotype and phenotype characterization. https://www.atherosclerosis-journal.com ...
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 ...
Evidence continues to mount showing that the additional analysis can flag otherwise unknown risks of dangerous heart problems resulting from plaque buildup in arteries. High cholesterol affects 42 ...
High blood pressure can be a sign that your weight is going up. Physical activity/exercise: Increased physical activity helps to lower LDL cholesterol and raise HDL cholesterol (the "good ...
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