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Familial Hypercholesterolemia : Causes

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Causes could include:
  • grossly malfunctioning low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors

Causes Overview Articles

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:January 23, 2008
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