Reliability of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and apolipoprotein B measurement

Journal of Clinical Lipidology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 264-272

  Contois, John H ^a   Warnick, G Russell ^b   Sniderman, Allan D ^c  

^a Maine Standards Company   (United States)

^b Health Diagnostics Laboratory   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein B; Cardiovascular disease; HDL cholesterol; LDL cholesterol; Non HDL cholesterol

Indexed keywords

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

ACCURACY; ASSAY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; ERROR; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

APOLIPOPROTEINS B; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 79960845057     PISSN: 19332874     EISSN: 18764789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2011.05.004     Document Type: Review

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