Disorders of HDL

An account of HDL and its disorders which considers the clinical aspects of HDL - atherosclerosis, therapeutic aspects, HDL and triglyceride metabolism, HDL and cellular translocation of cholesterol, HDL subfactions, biochemical and genetic regulation of HDL. Among topics reviewed by leading authorites are: epidemiological data on risk factors, biochemistry and kinetics of reverse cholesterol transport, the role of gene defects in influencing CHD risk through effects of HDL metabolism and aspects of the pharmacology of HDL raising drugs.