title: Response to cholesterol-lowering drugs in familial defective apolipoprotein B-100.
abstract: The effect of cholestyramine and simvastatin, given separately or in combination, on serum lipid concentrations in 11 patients with heterozygous familial defective apolipoprotein B-100 was compared with that in 11 matched patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia. In both groups of patients there was a substantial fall in serum lipid levels in response to treatment. There were no significant differences between the reductions in serum total or low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in the two groups.
authors.affiliation: MRC Lipoprotein Team, Hammersmith Hospital, London, U.K.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Maher
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Myant
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D053299:Apolipoprotein B-100; D001055:Apolipoproteins B / Q000235:genetics*; D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000235:genetics; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D002792:Cholestyramine Resin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics; D008148:Lovastatin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype; D019821:Simvastatin; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents; D053299:Apolipoprotein B-100; D001055:Apolipoproteins B; D001057:Apolipoproteins E; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002792:Cholestyramine Resin; D002784:Cholesterol; D008148:Lovastatin; D019821:Simvastatin