Lipid Tests Health Article

BOOKS

Henry, J. B. Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods, 20th ed. Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders Company, 2001.

"Hyperlipidemia." Section 2, Chapter 15 in The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, edited by Mark H. Beers, MD, and Robert Berkow, MD. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck Research Laboratories, 1999.

"Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques: Amniocentesis." Section 18, Chapter 247 in The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, edited by Mark H. Beers, MD, and Robert Berkow, MD. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck Research Laboratories, 1999.

Wallach, Jacques. Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests, 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkens, 2000.

ORGANIZATIONS

American Dietetic Association. (800) 877-1600. <www.eatright.org.>.

National Cholesterol Education Program. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health. PO Box 30105, Bethesda, MD, 20824-0105. (301) 251-1222. May 2001 [cited April 4, 2003]. <www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/atglance.pdf>.

OTHER

National Institutes of Health. [cited April 5, 2003]. <www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html>.

Jane E. Phillips
Mark A. Best