LIPID METABOLISM IN RELATION TO XANTHOMA DIABETICORUM WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR A NEW NOMENCLATURE
Authors: John Garb
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Article1 August 1943LIPID METABOLISM IN RELATION TO XANTHOMA DIABETICORUM WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR A NEW NOMENCLATUREJOHN GARB, M.D.JOHN GARB, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-19-2-241 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFor a clearer understanding of this paper it is thought advisable to give a review of the present conception of fat metabolism with special reference to fat digestion or absorption and some of the essential data on lipids as related to lipid diseases in general and xanthoma diabeticorum in particular. The terms lipid, lipin and lipoid as used today are synonymous, and include the triglycerides of the fatty acids, cholesterol and cholesterol esters, the phospholipins or phosphatides, the cerebrosides, lipochromes and other fat-containing pigments, such as lipofuscin.FAT METABOLISMIt is now the generally accepted view that hydrolysis of the...Bibliography1. PFLÜGER cited by BODANSKY M.: Introduction to physiological chemistry, ed. 4, 1938, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, p. 200. Google Scholar2. BESTTAYLOR CHBN: The physiological basis of medical practice ed. 2, 1939, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, p. 964. Google Scholar3. VERZAR : ibid., p. 965. Google Scholar4. BLOOR WR cited by MCPHEDRAN W. F.: Practice of medicine, W. F. Prior Co. Inc., Hagerstown, Maryland, 1925, ix, 50. Google Scholar5. Reference 2, page 1178. Also RAAB, cited by SHELTON E. K.: The lipoid-influencing fraction, in TICE, F.: Practice of medicine, 1925, W. F. Prior Co., Inc., Hagerstown, Maryland, viii, 144. 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