The prevalence of Gilbert's syndrome was studied in a randomized group of 1530 persons (785 men and 745 women, aged 20-40 years) living in the Heidelberg region of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was found to be present in 12.4% of men and 4.8% of women, i.e. a total of 8.6% for the entire group. In women the serum bilirubin level (mean 12.0 +/- 5.1 mumol/l) was significantly lower than in men (mean of 13.7 +/- 6.8 mumol/l; P less than 0.001). Analysing the frequency distribution of serum bilirubin revealed that patients with this syndrome do not constitute a population of its own, but rather form the upper end of the normative bilirubin distribution curve.
rung des Stoffwechsels einer Komponente der Serumlipoproteine sein (primäre Hyperlipidämien oder Hyperlipoproteinämien). Letztere lassen sich je nach vorherrschender Lipidfraktion in Hypercholesterinämien und Hyperglyceridämien unterteilen, deren weitere Diagnostik durch klinische und lipidanalytische Untersuchungen (Bestimmung von Cholesterin, Triglyceriden und Lipoprotein-Elektrophorese) erreicht werden kann. Für die Differenzie-
Blood flow and pressure measurement in the management of aorto-iliac disease in smoking and arterial disease. Tunbridge Wells: Pitman Medical (in press).
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