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LDL cholesterol: its regulation and manipulation
1Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
Hospital Practice (Office Ed.)
|June 15, 1990
Abstract:
Elevated plasma LDL cholesterol concentrations result primarily from two mechanisms: LDL overproduction and loss of hepatic receptor-dependent LDL removal. This knowledge can be used to lower plasma cholesterol and thereby retard or even reverse atherosclerosis. Pharmacologic agents are useful, as are dietary approaches.