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Cardiovascular risk factors in patients with Addison's disease: a comparative study of South African and Swedish patients

Author: Ross, Ian Louis ; Bergthorsdottir, Ragnhildur ; Levitt, Naomi ; Dave, Joel Alex ; Schatz, Desmond ; Marais, David ; Johannsson, Gudmundur Date: 2014 BACKGROUND: Patients with Addison's disease (AD) in Scandinavia have an increased risk for premature death due to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Serum lipids are important risk factors for CVD and vascular mortality. Replacement doses of ... Read more c b
The db mouse as a model for steatohepatitis

Author: Sutherland, Jason Robert Date: 2006 Fatty liver disease is a collective phrase for a spectrum of diseases characterised by increased liver fat content. It ranges from fatty infiltration of the liver to an inflammatory condition, steatohepatitis, which may lead onto cirrhosis. ... Read more
Dyslipidaemia

Author: Marais, David Date: 2003 Modern clinical practice commonly deals with the complications of atherosclerosis both in acute and potentially life-threatening and severely debilitating manifestations, and in chronic manifestations that may result in marked impairment of ... Read more
The effect of anabolic-androgenic hormones on postprandial triglyceridaemia and lipoprotein profiles in man

Author: Hislop, Michael Stuart Date: 1997 It has been hypothesised that endogenous testosterone and AAS may predispose humans to premature CHD. However, there is no direct evidence to link these hormones with a greater prevalence of premature CHD. The aim of this thesis was to better ... Read more
How has the OSD affected our state hospitals?

Author: Parkes, Jeannette ; Abratt, Raymond ; Taylor, Allan ; Le Feuvre, David ; Murray, Elizabeth ; Robertson, Barbara ; Kotze, Tessa ; Marais, David ; Khan, Del ; Kilborn, Tracy ; Wieselthaler, Nicky ; Gajjar, Himal ; Handler, Lenny ; Fagan, Johan ; Spitaels, Ariane ; Morrison, Adrian ; Davidson, Alan ; Salie, Shamiel ; Urban, Mike ; Rajkumar, Ash ; Pretorius, Vincent ; van Niekerk, Magriet ; Ferreira, Germaine ; Wolmerans, Marli ; Cyster, Lyall ; King, Darren ; Okwuosa, Sebastian ; van Staden, Sanet ; van Niekerk, Margarethe ; Winckler, Jana ; Meissenheimer, Heinrich ; Botes, Annie ; Tait, Deon ; Visagie, Jodine ; Swarts, Steve ; Klocke, Marina ; Lomas, Vanessa ; Marais, Ilke ; Vijoen, Werner ; Perry, Jennie ; Nkosi, Nokwazi ; Stuve, Katrin Date: 2009 The long-awaited occupation-specific dispensation (OSD) process for state-employed doctors has now been concluded. The final offer, signed and accepted in the bargaining chamber despite being rejected by 92% of doctors in a SAMA survey, has ... Read more
Lipoprotein metabolism and its derangements

Author: Marais, David Date: 2003 The purpose of this article is to provide the medical practitioner with an understanding of lipids, lipoproteins and their metabolism and disorders. Such an understanding would enhance the assimilation of the sections on clinical assessment ... Read more
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) : animal studies of interactive hepatoxicity

Author: Clarkson, Vivian Date: 2004 The term "Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis" (NASH) describes a form of liver disease indistinguishable from alcoholic liver disease, but present in persons who consume insigniﬁcant amounts of alcohol. The spectrum of non-alcoholic liver disease ... Read more
Phytosterol-enriched margarine substitution in the management of familial hypercholesterolaemia

Author: Hamdulay, Zarina Date: 2002 The primary objective was to substitute phytosterol and regula margarine into the diets of familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) patients and to investigate whether the phytosterol containing margarine had a cholesterol lowering effect. Another ... Read more
Polyacrylamide gradient gel electrophoresis for the diagnosis of dysbetalipoproteinaemia (Type III hyperlipidaemia)

Author: Blom, Dirk Jacobus Date: 2001 Accurate phenotypic diagnosis of this disorder has generally relied on the quantitative analysis of centrifugally isolated VLDL. Analysis of VLDL chemical composition is not widely available due to the expense of acquiring ultracentrifuges ... Read more
Risk assessment and clinical management of children and adolescents with Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolaemia. a position paper of the associations of preventive pediatrics of Serbia, mighty medic and international lipid expert panel

Author: Bjelakovic, Bojko ; Stefanutti, Claudia ; Reiner, Željko ; Watts, Gerald F ; Moriarty, Patrick ; Marais, David ; Widhalm, Kurt ; Cohen, Hofit ; Harada-Shiba, Mariko ; Banach, Maciej Date: 25 Oct 2021 Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is among the most common genetic metabolic lipid disorders characterised by elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels from birth and a significantly higher risk of developing ... Read more c b

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