National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) changes the method of LDL-cholesterol calculation in South Africa
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https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2024.v114i1.1573Keywords:
Dyslipidaemia, low density lipoprotein, Friedewald equation, LDL-Cholesterol, hypertriglyceridaemiaAbstract
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