Title:

Depiction of the state of knowledge about abnormalities in lipid metabolism around 1950

Creator:

Fredrickson, Donald S.

Date:

[1970?]

Description:

In the early 1950s Fredrickson turned to the study of hereditary abnormalities in plasma (blood) lipoproteins, compounds of proteins and lipids such as fat and cholesterol. In this lecture slide, Fredrickson retrospectively captures the state of knowledge about plasma lipoproteins in 1950. At that time, abnormal plasma lipids were either diagnosed as too much cholesterol, Essential Hypercholesterolemia (EHC), or too much of the fat triglyceride, Essential Hyperlipemia (EHL). Over the next 20 years, Fredrickson and his co-workers achieved a fuller understanding of hereditary abnormalities in the way the body processes lipoproteins (lipid metabolism).

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Slides (photographs)

Subject:

Lipoproteins

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Depiction of the state of knowledge about abnormalities in lipid metabolism around 1970, 1970

Legacy ID:

FFBBKZ

NLM ID:

101584939X166

Profiles Collection:

The Donald S. Fredrickson Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584939X166

Story Section:

Lipid Metabolism and Genetic Disease, 1953-1974