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Familial hypercholesterolemia

Familial hypercholesterolemia is caused by a gene defect on chromosome 19. The defect makes the body unable to remove LDL cholesterol from the bloodstream. This results in consistently high levels of LDL in the blood, which leads to atherosclerosi...

Source:ADAM

Date:September 12, 2008

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