Comparison of two assays for measuring LDL cholesterol

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1040-1047

  Maitra, Anirban ^a   Hirany, Shaina V ^a   Jialal, Ishwarlal ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Beta quantification; Coronary artery disease; Hypertriglyceridemia; Immunoseparation

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET RESTRICTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT CODING; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

EID: 0030962227     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.6.1040     Document Type: Article

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