It can be explained as a genetic disorder which occurs due to high cholesterol levels, particularly high levels of LDL (low density lipoprotein) in blood. Family hypercholesterolemia is abbreviated by FH. In case of Family hypercholesterolemia controlling of high cholesterol levels is ineffective, because of different biochemistry of body. FH can be treated by two methods which are Homozygous FH and Heterozygous FH.The impact factor of journal provides quantitative assessment tool for grading, evaluating, sorting and comparing journals of similar kind. It reflects the average number of citations to recent articles published in science and social science journals in a particular year or period, and is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. It is first devised by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information.The impact factor of a journal is evaluated by dividing the number of current year citations to the source items published in that journal during the previous two years.
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