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Novel method versus the Friedewald method for estimating low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in determination of the eligibility for statin treatment for primary prevention in the United States

Although the Friedewald method has been used as the clinical standard to estimate low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, a novel method with better accuracy was suggested and is now being adopted in real practice. We investigated the effect of this novel method on determining the eligib...

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Autores principales: Shin, Doosup, Bohra, Chandrashekar, Kongpakpaisarn, Kullatham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5944524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29703063
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000010612

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