HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA: AN ANALYSIS OF 529 CASES AND TREATMENT OF 297 BY A LOW ANIMAL FAT DIET AND DESICCATED THYROID SUBSTANCE
- 1 October 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 35 (4) , 836-847
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-35-4-836
Abstract
Of 1089 patients hypercholesteremia was found in 48.6%. Elevated serum cholesterol was recorded in 72.5% of patients with arteriosclerosis. Cases treated with a low animal fat diet and desiccated thyroid substance over a period of 6 mos. to 3 yrs. showed a lowering of serum cholesterol. The improvement was not marked or consistent.Keywords
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