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Hypercholesterolemia

Known as: Cholesterols, Elevated, Hypercholesterolemia [Disease/Finding], Hypercholesteremia 
A condition with abnormally high levels of CHOLESTEROL in the blood. It is defined as a cholesterol value exceeding the 95th percentile for the… 
National Institutes of Health

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ABDOMINAL OBESITY-METABOLIC SYNDROME 3Alagille Syndrome 1Atorvastatin calciumCONGENITAL DISORDER OF GLYCOSYLATION, TYPE IIo

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HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA, AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE

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HyperlipidemiaLipid Metabolism Disorders

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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Macrophage interaction of HDL subclasses separated by free flow isotachophoresis.
Preparative isotachophoresis (ITP) was used for the fractionation of fasting and postprandial high density lipoproteins (HDL… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Does egg feeding (i.e., dietary cholesterol) affect plasma cholesterol levels in humans? The results of a double-blind study.
In order to study the effects of dietary cholesterol in outpatients eating their usual home diets, we fed whole eggs and an egg… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
A model system for the evaluation of the role of cholesterol -oxide in ultraviolet carcinogenesis.
Summary Cholesterol α-oxide (cholestan-5α,6α-epoxy-3β-ol), known to be carcinogenic, was formed in the skin of hairless mice in… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Cholesterol biosynthesis in transplantable hepatomas: evidence for impairment of uptake and storage of dietary cholesterol.
Cholesterol feeding inhibits cholesterol biosynthesis in normal but not in malignant liver tissue. It has been postulated that… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Studies in the metabolism of cholesterol in subjects with normal plasma cholesterol levels and in patients with essential hypercholesterolaemia.
Review
1961
Review
1961
Treatment of hypercholesteremia by nicotinic acid. Progress report with review of studies regarding mechanism of action.
Introduction The use of nicotinic acid in large doses has gained wide recognition as a means of reducing serum cholesterol levels… 
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
Postprandial lipemia in health and in ischemic heart disease ; a comparison of three indexes of fat absorption and removal and their modification by systemic heparin administration.
IT has long been recognized that patients with ischemic heart disease may exhibit abnormalities in serum lipid patterns. Although… 
Highly Cited
1958
Highly Cited
1958
LIPID REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GROWTH OF PLEUROPNEUMONIALIKE ORGANISMS
MIany of the pleuropneumonialike organisms (PPLO) require for growth a factor found in mammalian blood sera. This factor has been… 
1957
1957
The gonadal regulation of cholesteremia in the rat.
LTHOUGH the subject of many earlier investigations in both humans and experimental animals, the exact role of the gonadal system… 
1934
1934
BLOOD CHOLESTEROL AND THYROID DISEASE: III. MYXEDEMA AND HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA
Numerous observations on the blood cholesterol in thyroid disease have been made and reported in the literature. References to…