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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… 
1986
1986
Isolated coronary ostial stenosis.
We have examined 5 patients with typical angina pectoris and found them to have left coronary ostial stenosis without evidence of… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Cholesterol autoxidation, health and arteriosclerosis. A review on situations in developed countries.
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… 
1975
1975
Cholesterol esterification and lipids in plasma and liver from newborn and young guinea pigs raised on milk and non-milk diet.
Plasma lecithin:cholesterol acyltransfer (LCAT), liver acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransfer (ACAT) and plasma and liver lipids were… 
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.
1959
1959
Ocular changes in experimental hypercholesteremia.
Cholesterol levels of 1% to 2% can be easily induced in rabbits by the simple expedient of adding cholesterol to their diet… 
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…