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Preferred term

Hypercholesterolemia  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cholesterol, Elevated
  • Cholesterol Level, High
  • Cholesterol Levels, High
  • Cholesterols, Elevated
  • Elevated Cholesterol
  • Elevated Cholesterols
  • High Cholesterol Level
  • High Cholesterol Levels
  • Hypercholesteremia
  • Hypercholesteremias
  • Level, High Cholesterol
  • Levels, High Cholesterol

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

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

In other languages

  • hyperkolesterolemia

    Finnish

  • Fredrickson-typ IIa-hyperlipoproteinemi
  • hypercholesterolaemia
  • hypercholesterolaemia pura
  • hyperlipoproteinaemia typus IIa
  • isolerad hyperkolesterolemi
  • tyypin IIa hyperlipoproteinemia
  • veren kolesterolin runsaus
  • Hyperkolesterolemi

    Swedish

  • Förhöjd kolesterol
  • Högt kolesterolvärde

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006937

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