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To define true hyperlipemia precisely by distinguishing abnormal neutral fat accumulation from elevations of other serum lipid fractions like cholesterol and phospholipids.

January 1, 1951Archives of Internal Medicine

Essential Hyperlipemia

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EME. R. MOVITT

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Clinical review uncovers distinguishing characteristics of true neutral fat elevation in serum lipid disorders, highlighting diagnostic criteria separating it from isolated hypercholesterolemia.

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To define true hyperlipemia precisely by distinguishing abnormal neutral fat accumulation from elevations of other serum lipid fractions like cholesterol and phospholipids.
Clinical and visual analysis evaluating gross specimen transparency, turbidity, and color changes in serum.
Diagnostic comparison between true hyperlipemia, postprandial lipemia, and disorders such as essential xanthomatosis.
True hyperlipemia specifically produces an opaque, milky or creamy serum appearance due to high levels of neutral fat, whereas isolated elevations of cholesterol or phospholipids leave the serum clear.
Essential xanthomatosis elevates cholesterol and lecithin without creating true hyperlipemia, whereas primary hyperlipemia typically involves secondary elevations in both hypercholesteremia and hyperlecithemia.

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E. R. MOVITT (1951) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a84287925efb1e71e83df92 https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1951.03810010089007

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Clinical review uncovers distinguishing characteristics of true neutral fat elevation in serum lipid disorders, highlighting diagnostic criteria separating it from isolated hypercholesterolemia.

Essential Hyperlipemia

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Essential Hyperlipemia

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