The Cholesterol Myths by Uffe Ravnskov,
MD, PhD
About
myself
Born
1934 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Graduated 1961 from the University of Copenhagen with an
M.D.
1961-1967 various appointments at surgical, roentgenological, neurological,
pediatric and medical departments in Denmark and Sweden.
1968-79 various
appointments at the Department of Nephrology, and the Department of Clinical
Chemistry,
University Hospital, Lund, Sweden; 1975-79 as an assistant professor at the Department of
Nephrology.
1973 PhD at the University of Lund. A specialist in internal medicine and
nephrology.
1979-2000 a private practitioner. Since 1979 an independent researcher.
Honoured by the Skrabanek Award 1999 given by Trinity College of Dublin,
Ireland for original contributions in the field of medical scepticism.
Honoured by the 2007 Leo-Huss-Walin Prize for
Independent Thinking in
Natural Sciences And Medicine.
Member of International Science Oversight Board
Member of the editorial board of Cholesterol
Member of the editorial board of Journal
of Lipids
Director of THINCS,
The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics
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A personal view about
me by Bo
Norberg, MD, PhD
My career and research
A personal story (in
Swedish)
Articles
and books published in English about cholesterol and the diet-heart
idea
Articles
and books published in the Scandinavian languages and in German about
cholesterol and the diet-heart idea
Newspaper
articles about cholesterol and the diet-heart idea
Talk
given in Sydney 2006 (Audio)
A
selection of other publications
Talk given in Copenhagen 2010 (Youtube eight parts in Danish)
New:
Does
High Cholesterol REALLY Cause Heart Disease? Interview with Uffe Ravnskov
Reviews
of his first book The Cholesterol Myths:
John
Brignell, PhD, Professor
Stephen
Byrnes, PhD, ND, RNCP
Michael
Gurr, PhD,
Professor,
Bodil
Jönsson,
PhD, Professor (review in Swedish)
Joel
Kauffman , Research Professor
Ira
Pilgrim, PhD,
Ray
Rosenman MD
Clara
Felix
Cuttings
from amazon.com reviews
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Papers and books published in English about
cardiovascular issues:
(Most of the more recent publications
are available on request)
Ravnskov U. Aneurysm of the heart and the
post-myocardial-infarction syndrome. Acta Med Scand 1968;183:393-5.
Ravnskov U. Fluctuating pericardial
effusion. N
Engl J Med 1969;281:854.
Ravnskov,
U. Lowering cholesterol concentrations and mortality. BMJ 1990;301: 814.
Ravnskov
U. An elevated serum cholesterol is secondary, not causal, in coronary heart
disease. Medical
Hypotheses 1991;36:238-41.
Ravnskov
U. Atherogenicity and thrombogenicity indices. Lancet 338, 1328, 1991.
Ravnskov
U. Cholesterol
lowering trials in coronary heart disease: frequency of citation and outcome.
BMJ1992;305: 15-19. Letters: BMJ 1992;305:420-422, and 717.
Ravnskov
U. The fragile links of the diet-heart chain. Nutrition Quarterly 1992;16:19-21.
Ravnskov
U. Cardiovascular disease in developing countries. BMJ 1993;306:145-6.
Ravnskov
U. Dietary fats and blood lipids as cardiovascular risk factors in the general population.
A critical overview. Proceedings of the I. World Congress of Dairy Products in Human
Health and Nutrition. Madrid 1993. Rotterdam: Balkema 1994, p 361-369.
Ravnskov
U. Reducing serum cholesterol. Lower cholesterol of doubtful benefit to
anyone. BMJ 1993;307:125.
Ravnskov
U. Coronary atherosclerosis on angiography-progress or regress and why? Circulation
1993;88:1358-9.
Ravnskov
U. Hypercholesterolemia does not cause coronary heart disease - evidence from the
nephrotic syndrome. Nephron 1994;66:356-7.
Ravnskov
U. Ischaemic heart disease and
cholesterol. Optimism about drug treatment is unjustified. BMJ 1994;308:1038.
Ravnskov
U. Is there a cause-effect relationship between high blood cholesterol and
atherosclerosis? Workshop on cholesterol-lowering trials. National Heart, Lung and
Blood Institute, Bethesda 1994.
Ravnskov
U. What do angiographic changes after cholesterol lowering mean? Lancet
1994;344:1297.
Ravnskov
U. Is intake of trans-fatty acids and saturated fat causal in coronary heart
disease? Circulation
1994;90:2568-9.
Ravnskov
U. Doing the right thing: stop worrying about cholesterol. Circulation
1994;90:2572-3.
Ravnskov
U. Quotation
bias in reviews of the diet-heart idea. J Clin Epidemiol
1995;48:713-719.
Ravnskov
U. Implications of 4S evidence on baseline lipid levels. Lancet 1995;346:181.
Ravnskov
U. Beneficial effects of
simvastatin may be due to non-lipid actions. BMJ 1995;311:1436-1437.
Ravnskov U. The
American College of Physicians guidelines on cholesterol screening. Ann
Intern Med 1996; 125:1010-1011.
Ravnskov
U. The
questionable role of saturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids in cardiovascular
disease.
J Clin Epidemiol 1998;51:443-460. Read also a
dissent to the paper: Golomb BA. Dietary fats and heart disease-dogma
challenged? and my answer; same journal and same issue. This paper won the Skrabanek award 1999
Ravnskov
U. Why heart disease mortality
is low in France. Author´s hypothesis is wrong. BMJ 1999;319:255
Ravnskov
U. VAT and fat. Evidence is
contradictory. BMJ 2000;320:1470
Ravnskov
U. Prevention
of atherosclerosis in children. Lancet 2000;355:69.
Ravnskov
U. The Cholesterol Myths. Washington: New
Trends Publishing, 2000; ISBN 0-9670897-0-0
Ravnskov U. Cholesterol
and all-cause mortality in Honolulu. Lancet 2001; 358: 1907.
Ravnskov
U. Diet-heart disease hypothesis is
wishful thinking. BMJ 2002; 324: 238
Ravnskov
U, Allan C, Atrens D, Enig MG, Groves B, Kaufman J, Kroneld R, Rosch PJ, Rosenman R,
Werkö L, Nielsen JV, Wilske J, Worm N. Studies of dietary fat and heart disease. Science 2002;
295: 1464-5.
Ravnskov
U. Statins as the new Aspirin.
Conclusions from the heart protection study were premature. BMJ 2002;324:789.
Ravnskov
U. Is atherosclerosis caused by high
cholesterol? QJM 2002;
95: 397-403. This paper was also selected for publication in the third issue
of South African Excerpts Edition of the QJM 2002
Ravnskov
U. A hypothesis out-of-date: The diet-heart
idea. J Clin Epidemiol,
2002 Nov;55(11):1057-63. Same issue: Dissent by
W.S.Weintraub,
and Reply by U. Ravnskov An evaluation of our discussion is available
Ravnskov U. ASCOTT-LLA:
Questions about the benefits of atorvastatin. Lancet
2003;361:1986.
Ravnskov U. Lipoproteins
and cardiovascular risk. Lancet 2003;361:1988-1989.
Ravnskov U. The
retreat of the diet-heart hypothesis. J Amer Phys Surg. 2003;8:no 3, 94-95
Ravnskov U. High cholesterol may protect against infections and
atherosclerosis. QJM 2003;96:927-34. This paper has since
long been one
of the most-frequently read paper in QJM
Ravnskov U. Dietary
fat intake and risk of stroke. Allegations about dietary fat are unfounded.
BMJ 2003; 327:1348
Ravnskov U.
Inflammation,
Cholesterol Levels, and Risk of Mortality Among Patients Receiving Dialysis.
JAMA 2004;291:1833-1834.
Ravnskov U, Sutter MC. Aggressive lipid-lowering therapy and
regression of coronary atheroma. JAMA.
2004;292:38
Ravnskov U, Rosch P, Sutter MC. Intensive lipid-lowering with atorvastatin
in coronary disease. N Engl J Med 2005;353:94.
Ravnskov U. Dietary
fat is not the villain. BMJ 2005;331:906-7.
Ravnskov U, Rosch PJ, Sutter MC, Houston MC. Should
we lower cholesterol as much as possible? BMJ
2006;332:1330-1332.
Ravnskov U, Rosch PJ, Sutter MC. High-Dose
Statins and the IDEAL Study. JAMA 2006;295:2476.
In their response the authors did not give us the requested information.
Ravnskov U. Saturated fat does not affect blood cholesterol Am J Clin
Nutr 2006;84:1550-51. Read also Martijn B Katan´s response as well as
a discussion about our correspondence
by Michael R Eades and others.
Ravnskov U. Lack
of Evidence for Recommended Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Treatment
Targets. Ann Intern Med 2007;146:614.
Ravnskov U. Cholesterol lowering and
mortality: A sea of contradictions.Nutr
Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2007;17:e25-7
Accurso A et al. Dietary
carbohydrate restriction in type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic
syndrome: time for a critical appraisal. Nutr Metabol 2008,
5:9
Ravnskov U. Re:
The Association Between Statins and Cancer Incidence in a Veterans
Population.J Ntl Cancer Inst 2008; doi: 10.1093/jnci/djn160
Ravnskov U.
Should
medical science ignore the past? BMJ 2008;337:a1681
Ravnskov U. The
fallacies of the lipid hypothesis. Scand Cardiovasc J 2008;42-236-239
Ravnskov U, McCully KM. Vulnerable plaque formation from
obstruction of vasa vasorum by homocysteinylated
and oxidized lipoprotein aggregates complexed with microbial
remnants and LDL autoantibodies. Ann Clin Lab Sci 2009;39:3-16
Ravnskov U. Fat
and Cholesterol are GOOD for You. GB Publishing 2009.
Ravnskov U. Cholesterol
was healthy in the end. World
Rev Nutr Diet 2009;100:90-109.
Reviews of
my first book The Cholesterol Myths:
John
Brignell, PhD, Professor
Stephen Byrnes, PhD, ND, RNCP
Michael Gurr, PhD, Professor
Bodil Jönsson, PhD, Professor (review in Swedish)
Joel Kauffman, Research Professor
Ira
Pilgrim, PhD
Ray Rosenman, MD
Clara
Felix
Cuttings from
amazon and Barnes & Nobles reviews
The English version is out of print
A German edition "Mythos
Cholesterin" is available from Hirzel
Verlag,
A Finnish edition, "Kolesterolimyytti"
is available from adlibris.com.
A Danish edition, "Kolesterol -
myter og realiteter" is available from Hovedland
A Swedish edition, "Fett och
kolesterol är hälsosamt!" is available from Optimal
A Polish edition is available
as well
A new book entitled
"Ignore The Awkward! How the Cholesterol Myths Are Kept Alive" is
coming soon. Swedish and Danish editions of that book are available.
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On
the web only
Ravnskov
U. Fat myths and
cardiovascular disease. BMJ. 30 Mar 2001
Ravnskov U.Evidence
that a high cholesterol does not cause atherosclerosis BMJ. 28 Apr 2001
Ravnskov U.New
guidelines for converting healthy people into patients. BMJ.
28 May 2001
Ravnskov U.The
side effects from the cholesterol lowering drugs may offset their benefit.
BMJ. 19 Aug 2001
Ravnskov U.The
diet-heart idea: wishful thinking, impossible to refute. BMJ.28
Oct 2001
Ravnskov U.Premature
conclusions from the Heart Protection Study. BMJ.
16 Nov 2001
Ravnskov U Non-dietary factors explain the lower cholesterol concentration associated
with frequent eating. BMJ. 16 Jan 2002
Ravnskov U How
to mislead in preventive medicine. BMJ.
4 Feb 2002
Ravnskov U.Chance
of surviving with and without treatment 17 Jun 2002
Ravnskov U. Association
does not prove causation and is not the same as a dose-response relation.
BMJ. 15
Jul 2002
Ravnskov U. Statins
And Cancer: Cause For Concern BMJ.
21 Oct 2002
Ravnskov U. Questionable
benefit from polypill treatment BMJ.
13 Jul 2003
Ravnskov U. Teleoanalysis
- a misleading term
BMJ.
15 Sept 2003
Ravnskov U. Unfounded
allegations about dietary fat.BMJ.
5 Oct 2003
Ravnskov U. Serum
cholesterol - a surrogate outcome BMJ.
6 Oct 2003
Ravnskov U.
The
diet-heart idea is kept alive by selective citation. BMJ.
8 Dec 2003
Ravnskov U. Missing
figures from the INTERHEART study BMJ.
14 Oct 2004
Ravnskov U. Dietary
fat is not the villain.BMJ.
26 Jul 2005
Ravnskov U. Lowest
possible statin dose better than a low LDL cholesterol. Ann Intern
Med 17. Oct 2006
Ravnskov U. Further
evidence that higher statin doses are ineffective. BMJ 19. Oct
2006
Ravnskov U. Beware
of the carbs! BMJ 8. Dec 2006
Ravnskov U. Should
medical science ignore the past? BMJ 7.sept, 2008
Ravnskov U. The
benefits of familial hypercholesterolaemia. BMJ Oct 4, 2008
Ravnskov U., Kendrick M, Rosch PJ.
Is statin treatment effective in familial hypercholesterolaemia? BMJ Nov
24, 2008
Ravnskov U. The
risks of statins are underestimated. BMJ 4. juli 2009
Ravnskov U, Schersten T, Sundberg R. Doubtful
effect of cholesterol lowering. BMJ 30. Sep 2009
Ravnskov U. Saturated
fat is good for you! Spacedoc.net
Papers and
books in Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, German and Polish about cardiovascular
issues
Ravnskov U. Fall
av PMI-syndrom. Läkartidningen 1967; 64: 436-8.
Ravnskov
U. Är fleromättat fett nyttigt? Läkartidningen 1991;88:1058
Ravnskov
U. Kolesterolmyten (The Cholesterol Myth). Stockholm : Streifferts, 1991; ISBN
91-7886-085-7.
Ravnskov
U. Kolesteroli. Helsinki : Art House, 1992 (Finnish translation of
Kolesterolmyten); ISBN 951-884-078-4.
Ravnskov
U. Kolesterolmyten. Månedsskrift for praktisk Lægegerning
1991;70:131-138
Ravnskov
U. Hvad er det rigtige svar i kolesteroldebatten? Ugeskrift for Læger
1992;154:1716
Ravnskov
U. Kolesterol och hälsa: En titt under mattan. Livsmedelsteknik1992;4:7-8.
Ravnskov
U. Tveksamheter om kolesterol. Suomen Lääkarilehti 1993;48:1063-1064.
Ravnskov
U. Flera tveksamheter om kolesterol. Suomen Lääkarilehti
1993;48:1716-1717.
Ravnskov
U. Tvivlsomme råd om kolesterolscreening hos børn. Ugeskrift for Læger
1993;155:1886-1887.
Ravnskov
U. Nya tongånger från USA. Kolesterolkampanjen ifrågasättas. Läkartidningen
1993;90:2528-2529.
Ravnskov
U. Stoppa kolesterolkampanjen! Läkartidningen 1993;90:4587-4588.
Ravnskov
U. Slutreplik om kolesterol. Läkartidningen 1994;91:117-118
Ravnskov
U. Livet forkortes når kolesterolet sænkes. Ugeskrift for Læger
1993;155:3678-3679.
Ravnskov
U. Kolesterolsænkende lægemidler. Ugeskrift for Læger 1994;156:329
Ravnskov
U. Ukritisk referat af kolesterolartikler. Ugeskrift for Læger
1994;156:4479
Ravnskov
U. Fedtsyrer og forvirrende signaler. Ugeskrift for Læger 1995;157:1534-1535.
Ravnskov
U. Keys eller kaos. Ugeskrift for Læger 1995;157:3210
Ravnskov
U. Är fleromättat fett en orsak till manlig sterilitet? Läkartidningen
1996;93:2040
Ravnskov
U. Auktoriteter kräver
tolkningsföreträde. Läkartidningen 1997;95:1024-1025.
Ravnskov
U. Myten om det mättade och det fleromättade fettet. Tidskriften Medikament
1998;3(4):44-51 och 1998;3(5):48-53
Ravnskov
U. "Medelhavsdietens"
förträfflighet är en myt. Läkartidningen 1998;95:4749-4750.
Ravnskov
U. Är motion överlägsen
statinbehandling? Läkartidningen 2000;97:2177
Ravnskov
U. Varför blir kranskärl aterosklerotiska? Läkartidningen
2000; 98: 41
Ravnskov
U. Nya intressanta fakta i
Science och BMJ...Synen på matens fett håller på att förändras. Tidskriften
Medikament 2001:5
Ravnskov U. Statinbehandling vid akut
hjärtinfarkt väl optimistiskt refererat i massmedierna. Läkartidningen 2001;98:2370
Ravnskov U. Koständringar förebygger inte
hjärtinfarkt. Läkartidningen 2001;98:3926
Ravnskov U. Transfettsyra-den
verkliga kostboven vid hjärtinfarkt? Läkartidningen 2001;98:4060.
Ravnskov
U. Amerikansk
kolesterol-policy kan leda till sjukförklaring av miljontals friska. Läkartidningen
2001;98:4574-4577.
Ravnskov
U. Lipidsänkning
påverkar inte utvecklingen av ateroskleros vid benartärsjukdom. Läkartidningen
2001;98:4897-4898.
Nilsson,
P, Ravnskov U. Brevväxling.
Tidskriften Medikament 2002; 1:26-27
Ravnskov
U. Överoptimistiskt referat av
ny statinstudie. Läkartidningen 2002;99:949-950
Ravnskov
U. Ju färre måltider desto
högre kolesterol. Läkartidningen 2002;99:1356.
Ravnskov
U. Surrogatforskning om
hjärtsjukdom och riskfaktorer. Läkartidningen 2002;99:1507
Ravnskov
U. Debatt i Science: Kostråd
mot hjärtinfarkt försvaras med felcitat. Läkartidningen
2002;99:2673.
Ravnskov
U, Pollmer, U. Mythos Cholesterin. Die zehn größten Irrtümer.
Stuttgart: Hirzel
Verlag 2002. ISBN 3-7776-1181-6
Ravnskov
U. Kan
brist på omega-3-fettsyror orsaka plötslig hjärtdöd? Läkartidningen 2002;99:3860
Ravnskov
U. Den
tveksamma nyttan av att stämma i bäcken. Tidskriften
Medikament 2002; 8: 68-72
Ravnskov U. LDL-kolesterol
eller C-reaktivt protein – vilken riskfaktor väger tyngst? Läkartidningen
2003;100:696
Ravnskov U. Statiner
ökar risken för cancer hos äldre. Läkartidningen
2003;100:974
Ravnskov
U. Man blir
inte fet av fett utan av för många kalorier och för lite motion. Läkartidningen
2003;100:3255-3256
Ravnskov U.
Ingen
vinst sänka kolesterolet så mycket som möjligt Läkartidningen
2004;101:549
Ravnskov U. Högt kolesterol skyddar mot
infektioner och troligen även mot åderförkalkning. Läkartidningen
2004;101:1215-1217.
Ravnskov U. Kolesterolkampanjens
tysta reträtt. Tidskriften Medikament 2004;9:18-20.
Ravnskov U. Vilse i pannkaken - älsklingshypotes om
kolesterol. I B.
Johansson (edit): Forskare klargör. Myter om maten, p. 89-96.
Forskningsrådet för miljö, areella näringar och samhällsbyggande,
FORMAS, Stockholm 2004.
Ravnskov U. Forhastede
konklusioner om hjertedødeligheden i Norge. Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen
2004;124: 2153.
Ravnskov U. Karl
Popper og kolesterolhypotesen. Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen 2004;124:2517
Ravnskov U. Mjölk
ökar inte risken för hjärtkärlsjukdom. Läkartidningen 2005;102:2463
Ravnskov U. Livsmedelsverket saknar evidens för sina kostråd. Dagens
Medicin 9. november 2005
Ravnskov U. Bör
kolesterolet sänkas mera effektivt? Läkartidningen 2005;102:2583.
Ravnskov U. Vem
bedrar vem i fetmadebatten? Medicinsk Access 2006;(1):55-56.
Ravnskov U. Kommentar
till The Women's Health Initiative Randomized Trial. 2000-talets
Vetenskap. 8 Feb. 2006.
Ravnskov U. Missvisande
råd om kolesterolsänkning. Läkartidningen 2006;103:568
Ravnskov U. Kolhydratsnål
kost minskar behovet av statinbehandling Läkartidningen 2006;103:3017-18
Ravnskov U. Kolhydratfattig
eller fettfattig kost vid fetma hos diabetiker? Läkartidningen
2006;103:3071
Ravnskov U.
Behandling
af hyperkolesterolæmi - lower is not better. Ugeskrift
for Læger 2006;168(17):1665
Ravnskov U. Åderförkalkning
beror inte på obalans i apolipoproteinerna. Läkartidningen 2006;103:e35-36
Ravnskov U. Riskabelt
att sänka kolesterolet så mycket som möjligt.
Läkemedelsvärlden Nr 9, 2006.
Ravnskov U.
Kolhydratsnål
kost minskar behovet av statinbehandling Läkartidningen 2006;103:3017-18
Ravnskov U. Mer kritisk syn på medicinnyheter efterlyses. Dagens Medicin
6. september 2006
Ravnskov
U. Är det
vettigt att rekommendera kolhydrater till diabetiker? Medicinsk
Access 2006; 7/8:80-81
Ravnskov U. Riskabelt
att sänka kolesterolet så mycket som möjligt. Läkemedelsvärlden
30 aug 2006
Ravnskov U. Ovetenskapligt
när röstning avgör kostråd. Dagens Medicin 10. oktober
2007
Ravnskov U. Vissa
forskare vägrar släppa sina hypoteser. Dagens Medicin 27.
februari 2008
Ravnskov U. Fett och kolesterol är hälsosamt! Optimal Förlag,
Stockholm 2008. Recension
(på sidan 63)
Ravnskov U. Kolesterol
- myter og realiteter. Forlaget Hovedland, Højbjerg,
Danmark 2008.
Ravnskov U. Finns
det anledning att ta kolesterolkampanjen på allvar? Läkartidningen
2009;106:67-68.
Ravnskov U,
McCully KS. Den
vulnerabla plaque är en böld.Medicinsk Access 2009;2:15-18.
Ravnskov U og andre. Livsmedelsverket
bör sluta med kostråd till allmänheten. Dagens Medicin 8.
april 2009
Ravnskov U.
Nytt
ljus över familjär hyperkolesterolämi. Medicinsk Access 2009:4-5:24-25
Ravnskov U og andre. Var
finns Livsmedelsverkets expertis när den behövs bäst? Dagens
Medicin 3. juni 2009
Ravnskov U.
Alla är olika - även metabolt. Dagens Medicin 26. juni 2009
Ravnskov U. Naukowe Klamstwo. Publisher:
Wydawnictwo WGP, Warszawa 2009.
Ravnskov U. Läkarna
- "nickedockor" som följer felaktiga råd om statinbehandling.
Dagens Medicin 20. jan 2010
Ravnskov U. Hur
kolesterolmyten hålls vid liv. Pagina. Stockholm 2010
Ravnskov U. Statininducerede muskelproblemer er undervurderede. Ugeskrift
for Læger 2010;172:1235
Ravnskov U. Ännu
en myt - det "hjärtvänliga" Becel. Dagens Medicin 12.
maj 2010.
Ravnskov U. Många
tveksamheter kring SBU's kostråd för diabetiker. Dagens Medicin
22- juni 2010.
Ravnskov U. SBU
missar poängen. Dagens Medicin 8. juli 2010.
Newspaper articles about cholesterol
and the diet-heart idea
Ravnskov
U. Kolesterol är ofarligt. Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm) February 2, 1990.
Ravnskov U. De äter världens fetaste mat - utan att få hjärtinfarkt. Land
(Stockholm) July 12, 1991
Ravnskov U. Fedtkampanjen - humor eller kvaksalveri? Information (Copenhagen)
May 25, 1992.
Ravnskov U. Goddag kolesterol - økseskaft. Information (Copenhagen) June
17, 1992.
Ravnskov U. Fortsat kolesterolgalskab. Information (Copenhagen) June 26,
1992
Ravnskov U. Ny hjärtmedicin ger cancer, Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm) April
22, 1997
Ravnskov U. Ingen risk med fett. Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm) July 7, 1997
Ravnskov U. Livsmedelsverkets
råd saknar vetenskapligt stöd. Sundsvalls Tidning June 15, 2005
Ravnskov U. Hur
ungt är dit hjärta? Nya Åland 31. augusti 2008
Ravnskov U. Kolesteroldebat
kan redde menneskeliv. Jyllandsposten 29. oktober 2008
A selection of other publications:
A
popular-scientific review of his research on glomerulonephritis is available
Ravnskov
U. On renal handling of plasma proteins. Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology
1973;7 suppl 20. [Thesis]
Ravnskov
U, Johansson BG, Ljunger L. Proteinuria in pigs with experimentally induced renal
damage. Contributions
to Nephrology 1975;1:50-61.
Ravnskov
U, Karatson A. Renal handling of human ß2-microglobulin in the rat: The importance of
sham-operation. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica 1975;94:467-471.
Ravnskov
U. Low molecular weight proteinuria in association with paroxysmal
myoglobinuria. Clinical
Nephrology 1975;3:65-69.
Ekman
R, Johansson BG, Ravnskov U. Renal handling of Zn alfa2-glycoprotein as compared with that
of albumin and the retinol-binding protein. Journal of Clinical Investigation
1976;57:945-954.
Ravnskov
U, Johansson BG. Isolation and partial characterization of a porcine low molecular weight
protein occurring in plasma and urine. International Journal of Biochemistry
1976;7:579-583.
Hultberg
B, Ravnskov U. The excretion of N-acetyl-ß-glucosaminidase in
glomerulonephritis. Clinical
Nephrology 1981;15:33-38.
Ravnskov
U. Soap is the major cause of dysuria. The Lancet 1, 1027-8,1983.
Ravnskov
U. Exposure to organic solvents - a missing link in acute poststreptococcal
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