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Hereditary High Cholesterol
Hereditary
There are three forms of hereditary lymphedema:
1. congenital (Milroy disease; Nonne-Milroy-Meige syndrome
2. lymphedema praecox (Meige disease)
3. lymphedema tarda
Familial forms of congenital lymphedema (Milroy's disease) and lymphedema praecox (Meige's disease) may be inherited in an
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