familial hypercholesterolemia
Sign in to saveAlso known as Fredrickson type IIa hyperlipoproteinemia, Fredrickson type IIa lipidaemia, familial hypercholesteremia, hyperbetalipoproteinemia, type II hyperlipidemia, FH, Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II, familial hyperbetalipoproteinaemia
familial hyperlipidemia characterized by very high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and early cardiovascular disease
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Within Vinony's link graph, familial hypercholesterolemia is referenced by 149 other articles, and connects out to hyperlipidemia, base pair and statin.
It sits within the topics Autosomal dominant disorders and Lipid metabolism disorders.
Its subject is documented across 26 Wikipedia language editions.
Research
13,007 papers- Familial hypercholesterolemia.Cardiology clinics · 2015
- Genetic and molecular architecture of familial hypercholesterolemia.Journal of internal medicine · 2023
- Familial hypercholesterolemia in pregnancy.Current opinion in lipidology · 2025
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2019
- Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia Treatment: New Developments.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rare disease
- Subclass of
- disease
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- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C123416
- health specialty
- endocrinology
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- ezetimibe
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0003141
- external data available at URL
- www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/65
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
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statin
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hypercholesterolemia
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bile acid sequestrant
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Low density lipoprotein receptor
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heart
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protein
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obesity
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