title: Lipoprotein-X.
abstract: Jaundice can occasionally present a medical dilemma. Is the jaundice due to a surgically correctable or medical condition? One method to resolve this problem is the determination of levels of serum lipoprotein-X. A review of the literature concerning lipoprotein-X and pertinent clinical trials suggests that the determination of levels of serum lipoprotein-X, by itself, is of little value, but measurement after a two-week course of cholestyramine therapy can provide significant information regarding the presence of extrahepatic obstruction.
mesh_terms: D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002780:Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / Q000175:diagnosis; D002792:Cholestyramine Resin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D008073:Lipoprotein-X / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D008073:Lipoprotein-X; D002792:Cholestyramine Resin