MEDICAL PROGRESS IN CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM IN RELATION TO DISEASES OF THE LIVER AND THE BILIARY TRACT

摘要

In recent years the role of cholesterol in hepatic disease has been somewhat better understood.Fairly characteristic patterns of serum cholesterol and cholesterol esters occur in obstructive and parenchymatous jaundice.While the determinations for cholesterol and its esters may aid in the differential diagnosis of jaundice, their chief value appears to be that of determining the prognosis in jaundiced patients.The role of cholesterol in several diseases of the hepatic and extrahepatic biliary tract is reviewed.