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Effects of lipid lowering by pravastatin on progression and regression of coronary artery disease in symptomatic men with normal to moderately elevated serum cholesterol levels : the Regression Growth Evaluation Statin Study (REGRESS) by JUKEMA, J. W, BRUSCHKE, A. V. G, VAN BOVEN, A. J, REIBER, J. H. C, BAL, E. T, ZWINDERMANN, A. H, JANSEN, H, BOERMA, G. J. M, VAN RAPPARD, F. M, LIE, K. I

“…Intensive lowering of serum cholesterol may retard progression of coronary atherosclerosis in selected groups of patients. However, few data are available on…”
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Changes in bone mineral density, body composition, and lipid metabolism during growth hormone (GH) treatment in children with GH deficiency by BOOT, A. M, ENGELS, M. A. M. J, BOERMA, G. J. M, KRENNING, E. P, DE MUINCK KEIZER-SCHRAMA, S. M. P. F

“…Adults with childhood onset GH deficiency (GHD) have reduced bone mass, increased fat mass, and disorders of lipid metabolism. The aim of the present study was…”
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Effect of dietary triacylglycerol fatty acid positional distribution on plasma lipid classes and their fatty acid composition in preterm infants by Carnielli, VP, Luijendijk, IH, van Beek, RH, Boerma, GJ, Degenhart, HJ, Sauer, PJ

“…Seven premature infants were each fed, for 1 wk in a crossover design. The beta formula contained triacylglycerols resembling the stereoisomeric structure of…”
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Thermolabile methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase in coronary artery disease by KLUIJTMANS, L. A. J, KASTELEIN, J. J. P, VERHEUGT, F. W. A, WILLEMS, F, BLOM, H. J, LINDEMANS, J, BOERS, G. H. J, HEIL, S. G, BRUSCHKE, A. V. G, JUKEMA, J. W, VAN DEN HEUVEL, L. P. W. J, TRIJBELS, F. J. M, BOERMA, G. J. M

“…Hyperhomocysteinemia, an independent and graded risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD), may result from both environmental and hereditary factors…”
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Correction for erythroid cell contamination in microassay for immunophenotyping of neonatal lymphocytes by de Vries, E, de Bruin-Versteeg, S, Comans-Bitter, W M, de Groot, R, Boerma, G J M, Lotgering, F K, van Dongen, J J M

“…Immunophenotyping of blood lymphocyte subpopulations in neonates and young infants is hampered by the limited amount of blood that can be collected…”
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Longitudinal survey of lymphocyte subpopulations in the first year of life by DE VRIES, E, DE BRUIN-VERSTEEG, S, COMANS-BITTER, W. M, DE GROOT, R, HOP, W. C. J, BOERMA, G. J. M, LOTGERING, F. K, VAN DONGEN, J. J. M

“…Age-matched reference values for lymphocyte subpopulations are generally obtained via cross-sectional studies, whereas patients are followed longitudinally. We…”
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Testing the accuracy of total cholesterol assays in an external quality-control program. Effect of adding sucrose to lyophilized control sera compared with use of fresh or frozen sera by Baadenhuijsen, H, Demacker, P N, Hessels, M, Boerma, G J, Penders, T J, Weykamp, C, Willems, H L

“…We studied the suitability of various types of human serum preparations to test the accuracy of total cholesterol measurements in the External Quality…”
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Multicenter evaluation of Reflotron direct dry-chemistry assay of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in venous and fingerstick specimens by Warnick, G R, Boerma, G J, Assmann, G, Endler, A T, Gerique, G, Gotto, A M, Graziani, M S, Lippi, U, Patsch, W, Riesen, W F

“…The Reflotron HDL Cholesterol test (Boehringer Mannheim GmbH) directly separates and analyzes high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol in plasma collected…”
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Use of the Reflotron system for cholesterol assay in capillary blood, venous blood, and serum--evaluation of accuracy and lot-to-lot reagent comparability by Boerma, G J, Gelderland, J, van Gorp, I, Leijnse, B

“…Since its recalibration in 1987, the Reflotron "dry-chemistry" cholesterol method can produce accurate results. Here we report how cholesterol concentrations…”
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Revised calibration of the Reflotron cholesterol assay evaluated by Boerma, G J, van Gorp, I, Liem, T L, Leijnse, B, Bellm, J, Carstensen, C A

“…We evaluated the Boehringer Mannheim (B.M.) Reflotron Total Cholesterol "dry-chemistry" method after its recalibration in 1987. Reports in the literature up to…”
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Total and HDL-cholesterol in The Netherlands: 1987-1992. Levels and changes over time in relation to age, gender and educational level by Verschuren, W M, Boerma, G J, Kromhout, D

“…To gain insight into the prevalence of and trends in plasma cholesterol levels in the general population of the Netherlands, a monitoring project was carried…”
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Reference materials for cholesterol assays by Koedam, J C, Boerma, G J

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Minimizing interlaboratory variation in routine assays of serum cholesterol through the use of serum calibrators by Boerma, G J, Jansen, A P, Jansen, R T, Leijnse, B, van Strik, R

“…A cholesterol standardization program was developed in The Netherlands for clinical laboratories that use their analytical results as indicators of…”
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Multicentre comparison of the Novo Biolabs immunometric CK-MB assay with four established methods by Wulkan, R W, van Loon, J, Sturk, A, Boerma, G J, Verdegaal, M C, van den Berg, B, Souverijn, J H, Sanders, G T

“…The analytical performance of a new immunometric CK-MB assay from Novo Biolabs was evaluated in three hospitals. Comparisons were made with another…”
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Evaluation of accuracy of 20 different test kits for the enzymic determination of cholesterol by Demacker, P N, Boerma, G J, Baadenhuijsen, H, van Strik, R, Leijnse, B, Jansen, A P

“…We evaluated the accuracy of 20 different test kits for the enzymic determination of cholesterol. Using a selected set of standards, we found mean values…”
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Neonatal blood lymphocyte subpopulations: a different perspective when using absolute counts by de Vries, E, de Bruin-Versteeg, S, Comans-Bitter, W M, de Groot, R, Hop, W C, Boerma, G J, Lotgering, F K, Sauer, P J, van Dongen, J J

“…We compared the absolute counts of lymphocyte subpopulations in 15 neonates, and 9 adults using the whole lysed blood technique with 15 different triple…”
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Suitability of various control sera for use in testing the accuracy of cholesterol determination with enzymic kits by Demacker, P N, Boerma, G J, Jansen, A P

“…We used 20 different commercial enzymic kits to measure cholesterol in 19 commercial control sera and in a pooled specimen of human serum and compared the…”
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Reference values for apolipoprotein A-I and apolipoprotein B in serum still depend on choice of assay techniques by Boerma, G J, de Bruijn, A M, van Teunenbroek, A

“…In a study with young children receiving growth hormone treatment, it was necessary to re-establish reference values for various blood components, e.g…”
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Improved preparation of cholesterol calibration and control sera by Terlingen, J B, van Dreumel, H J, van Heiningen, A, Boerma, G J, Koedam, J C

“…We prepared several serum batches with various cholesterol concentrations, to be used as calibrators and controls in a proficiency testing program of an…”
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Accuracy of Reflotron cholesterol assays evaluated by Boerma, G J

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