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A.N.I.F., Italian National Association of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia, NPO, consists of a group of parents whose children suffer from homozygous or heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia, or other genetically determined hyperlipidaemia. OUR VISION Fifty cases of homozygous FH are estimated in Italy, of which only thirty are diagnosed and treated, and one hundred and twenty thousand heterozygous, of which, as it appears in the documents of the World Health Organization, only 1.9% is diagnosed with certainty. We want these patients to receive adequate care. OUR OBJECTIVES The association has as its primary goal the defence of the interests of patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia, giving support to all families by providing widespread information. We promote initiatives to foster the development and consolidation of clinical activities related to diagnostic and therapeutic care to patients, disease research and therapy development.