Estimation of LDL cholesterol based on the friedewald formula and on apo B levels

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 549-555

  Bairaktari, Eleni ^a,b   Hatzidimou, Katerina ^a   Tzallas, Christos ^a   Vini, Maria ^a   Katsaraki, Afroditi ^b   Tselepis, Alexandros ^a   Elisaf, Moses ^a   Tsolas, Orestes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein B; Friedewald formula; LDL cholesterol measurement

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RELIABILITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

APOLIPOPROTEINS B; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DEXTRAN SULFATE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; TRIGLYCERIDES; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0034537457     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(00)00162-4     Document Type: Article

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