Diseases

Hypercholesterolemia

A condition with abnormally high levels of CHOLESTEROL in the blood. It is defined as a cholesterol value exceeding the 95th percentile for the population.

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A condition with abnormally high levels of CHOLESTEROL in the blood. It is defined as a cholesterol value exceeding the 95th percentile for the population.

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13 entry terms
  • Elevated Cholesterol
  • High Cholesterol Levels
  • Hypercholesteremia
  • Cholesterol Level, High
  • Cholesterol Levels, High
  • Cholesterol, Elevated
  • Cholesterols, Elevated
  • Elevated Cholesterols
  • High Cholesterol Level
  • Hypercholesteremias
  • Hypercholesterolemias
  • Level, High Cholesterol
  • Levels, High Cholesterol

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

80; was HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA 1963-79; HYPERLIPEMIA, ESSENTIAL FAMILIAL was heading 1963-79 (see note under HYPERLIPIDEMIA for former cross refs to it)

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QU 260.5.L5

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hypercholesterolemia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006937. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006937
  2. Hypercholesterolemia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_cholesterol
  3. Hypercholesterolemia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q762713