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Hypercholesterolemia, Familial

Known as: Lipoproteinemia, Hyper-Low Density, Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II, Familial Hypercholesterolemic Xanthomatoses 
A group of familial disorders characterized by elevated circulating cholesterol contained in either LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS alone or also in VERY… 
National Institutes of Health

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3-Hydroxybutyric AcidBile SaltsCholesterolCholesterol, Dietary

Broader (2)

Hypercholesterolemiafamilial hyperlipoproteinemia

Narrower (3)

Hypercholesterolemia due to arg3500 mutation of Apo B-100Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IIaHyperlipoproteinemia Type IIb

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
ASSOCIATION OF INCREASED TRIGLYCERIDE LEVELS IN METABOLIC SYNDROME WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Objective: We tried to understand significance of increased triglyceride (TG) values in metabolic syndrome and coronary artery… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Platelet function and platelet phospholipids in patients with hyperbetalipoproteinemia. Effect of nicotinic acid and clofibrate.
. Platelet factor-3 activity and availability, platelet phospholipids, their fatty acid and aldehyde composition and plasma… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
BODY WEIGHT AND WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION
Objective: To understand prognostic significance of white coat hypertension (WCH), and any its association with excess weight… 
1997
1997
Patients' attitudes toward detection of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
BACKGROUND Molecular biology has improved the diagnostic abilities of physicians and enabled them to identify apparently healthy… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Identification of deletions in the human low density lipoprotein receptor gene.
DNA samples from 70 unrelated UK patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia were screened by Southern blot… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Results of transvesical infiltration of the pelvic plexuses with phenol in 116 patients.
One hundred and sixteen patients with detrusor instability, detrusor hyper-reflexia or bladder hypersensitivity who had failed to… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
The effects of colestipol on the metabolism of very-low-density lipoproteins in man.
Bile acid-binding resins, currently used for the treatment of Type II hyperlipoproteinemia, decrease LDL cholesterol by 25 to 35… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
The process of cholesterol cholelithiasis induced by diet in the prairie dog: a physicochemical characterization.
The rapid induction of cholesterol cholelithiasis in a new experimental model, the prairie dog, has recently been reported by two… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Control of sterol synthesis and of hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA reductase in skin fibroblasts grown from patients with homozygous type II hyperlipoproteinemia.
In skin fibroblasts grown from four children with a homozygous form of type II hyperlipoproteinemia, the feedback control of… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Pediatric familial type II hyperlipoproteinemia: effects of diet on plasma cholesterol in the first year of life.