Reporting LDL cholesterol results by clinical biochemistry laboratories in Czechia and Slovakia to improve the detection rate of familial hypercholesterolemia
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Biochemia medica |
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| Web | https://biochemia-medica.com/en/journal/33/3/10.11613/BM.2023.030705 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11613/BM.2023.030705 |
| Keywords | familial hypercholesterolemia; technical report; HDL cholesterol; LDL cholesterol; apolipoprotein B; lipoprotein(a) |
| Description | Introduction: This survey aims to assess the implementation of recommendations from the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) and the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) by clinical biochemistry laboratories in Czechia and Slovakia in their policies for reporting low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) concentrations. |