What's new with measuring cholesterol?

JAMA

Volumn 310, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 2043-2044

  Gaziano, J Michael ^a,b   Gaziano, Thomas A ^b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ATHEROGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84887925854     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.282775     Document Type: Editorial

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