The great cholesterol myth: unfortunate consequences of Brown and Goldstein's mistake.
Dear Sir,

Dr Adams has certainly challenged conventional thinking with his review in the October QJM . Cholesterol has always been a fascinating and star subject. Some 13 scientists have been awarded Nobel prizes for studies on cholesterol, its structure and physiology. Brown and Goldstein in their Nobel Prize Lecture described cholesterol as the ‘the most highly decorated small molecule …