See:
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7464/471?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=hdl&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1095351382456_13252&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=1
I'd copy and paste if I were you!
Eric
Dr. Eric S. Kilpatrick
Consultant in Chemical Pathology
Department of Clinical Biochemistry
Hull Royal Infirmary
Anlaby Road
Hull HU3 2JZ
Tel 01482-607708
Fax 01482-607752
>From: "Hogan, Tim" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "Hogan, Tim" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: ELEVATED HDL
>Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:04:36 +0100
>
>We occasionally come across patients with very elevated HDLs eg. Total
>Cholesterol 8.3mmol/l HDL 6.0 mmol/l.
>If the lipid experts out there could advise if this is likely to be a
>analytical problem (although it was tested by Roche and Olympus methods at
>2
>different laboratories). If it is physiological is it a good thing to have
>such a high HDL? and could there be a big market for whatever the patient
>is
>taking!
>
>
>Tim Hogan
>Basildon Hospital
>
>
>
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