Serum squalene and noncholesterol sterols before and after delivery in normal and cholestatic pregnancy

Mechanisms of hyperlipidemia were studied by measurement of serum lipid concentrations and the ratios of cholesterol precursors (squalene, delta 8-cholestenol, desmosterol, and lathosterol), plant sterols (campesterol and sitosterol), and cholestanol (a 5 alpha-derivative of cholesterol) to choleste...

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Main Authors: K Nikkilä, S Riikonen, M Lindfors, T A Miettinen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1996-12-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002222752037471X