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Spontaneous Hypercholesterolemia and Atherosclerosis in a Titi Monkey
Author(s) -
Roberts Jeff,
Line Scott,
Blanchard Patricia
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1986.tb00284.x
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , cardiology , familial hypercholesterolemia , cholesterol
An adult male Callicebus moloch was presented for acute congestive heart failure. Therapy was unsuccessful and necropsy showed severe systemic atherosclerosis. Analysis of serum revealed hypercholesterolemia with specific elevation of the betalipoprotcin fraction.