The primary metabolic defect in the disease familial hypercholesterolemia is
A) altered prostaglandin synthesis.
B) decreased lysosomal enzyme activity.
C) decreased receptor?mediated endocytosis.
D) increased formation of modified low density lipoproteins.
E) increased hormone-sensitive lipid mobilization.
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