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What is hyperlipidemia Hyperlipidemia also called hyperlipidaemia or dyslipidemia is a medical term to describe various genetic and acquired lipid metabolic conditions that cause an elevated level of

What is mixed hyperlipidemia Mixed hyperlipidemia also called mixed hyperlipidaemia, mixed dyslipidemia, diabetic dyslipidemia, mixed hypercholesterolemia, type V hyperlipidemia, type V lipidemia or type V

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