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(medicine) An excess of cholesterol in the blood..
An inherited predisposition to heart disease, called familial hypercholesterolaemia, results from a rare ‘spelling change’ in the gene for cholesterol receptors.
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Hypercholesterolemia means (medicine) An excess of cholesterol in the blood..
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An inherited predisposition to heart disease, called familial hypercholesterolaemia, results from a rare ‘spelling change’ in the gene for cholesterol receptors.
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