Effects of splenectomy on serum lipids and experimental atherosclerosis

• Published in: Angiology Vol. 39; no. 6; p. 497
• Main Authors: Asai, K, Kuzuya, M, Naito, M, Funaki, C, Kuzuya, F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.1988
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anemia, Aplastic - blood; Animals; Arteriosclerosis - blood; Child; Cholesterol - blood; Cholesterol, HDL - blood; Female; Hemoglobinopathies - blood; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Phospholipids - blood; Primary Myelofibrosis - blood; Purpura, Thrombocytopenic - blood; Rabbits; Spherocytosis, Hereditary - blood; Splenectomy; Triglycerides - blood

The authors examined the effects of splenectomy on serum lipids in patients with hematologic disease, in rabbits, and also in cholesterol-fed rabbits with experimental atherosclerosis. Serum cholesterol was determined in patients with hypersplenism before and after splenectomy. Meanwhile serum lipid...