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Hypercholesterolaemia and vascular dementia.
Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second commonest cause of dementia. Stroke is the leading cause of disability in adults in developed countries, the second major cause of dementia and the third commonest cause of death. Traditional vascular risk factors-diabetes, hypercholesterolaemia, hypertension and smoking-are implicated as risk factors for VaD. The associations between cholesterol and small ...
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An association of essential hypercholesterolaemia and diabetes mellitus is postulated. Case records are included to illustrate hypercholesterolaemia secondary to acute diabetes mellitus, and essential hypercholesterolaemia, independent of, but accompanying diabetes mellitus. Whereas in the former the serum cholesterol returns to normal and its attendant clinical manifestations resolve when the ...
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Autosomal dominant familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is the most common inherited disorder known to cause premature coronary heart disease in people of European descent. The estimated prevalence of FH is 1 in 500, and heterozygous FH carries a high risk of premature coronary disease if left untreated (.50% risk in men by the age of 50 and .30% in women by 60 years). However, the condition is ...
متن کاملHypercholesterolaemia in a vegan.
It is generally accepted that a vegetarian diet and especially a vegan diet is associated with a low serum cholesterol.",2'3 When vegans are surveyed they have a significantly lower intake of total energy and especially energy from fat4 and their mean serum total cholesterol is also lower than expected values for the normal population.5 We present a patient who was a strict vegan but had a high...
متن کاملFamilial hypercholesterolaemia in Portugal.
Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is characterised clinically by an increased level of circulating LDL cholesterol that leads to lipid accumulation in tendons and arteries, premature atherosclerosis and increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Although Portugal should have about 20,000 cases, this disease is severely under-diagnosed in our country, this being the first presentation of ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1976
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.6030.300-a