Are LDL subclass measurements clinically relevant?

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 120-121

  Stein, Evan A ^a  

^a Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B100; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIET; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

APOLIPOPROTEINS B; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 33645282817     PISSN: 17458366     EISSN: 17458374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpendmet0112     Document Type: Short Survey

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