55840-3
Cholesterol esters [Moles/volume] in Serum or Plasma
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Part Description
LP15488-7 Cholesterol esters
Fatty acid esters of cholesterol which constitute about two-thirds of the cholesterol in the plasma. The accumulation of cholesterol esters in the arterial intima is a characteristic feature of atherosclerosis.
Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006
Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Cholesterol esters
- Property
- SCnc
- Time
- Pt
- System
- Ser/Plas
- Scale
- Qn
- Method
Additional Names
- Long Common Name
- Cholesterol esters [Moles/volume] in Serum or Plasma
- Short Name
- Cholest Ester SerPl-sCnc
- Display Name
- Cholesterol esters [Moles/Vol]
- Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
- Cholesterol esters, Blood
Basic Attributes
- Class
- CHEM
- Type
- Laboratory
- First Released
- Version 2.29
- Last Updated
- Version 2.40 (MIN)
- Order vs. Observation
- Both
Member of these Groups Get Info
LOINC Group | Group Name |
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LG48342-6 | Cholesterol esters| |
Language Variants Get Info
Tag | Language | Translation |
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el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Εστέρες χοληστερόλης: Synonyms: SCnc Εστέρες χοληστερόλης Χοληστερόλη |
es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Ésteres de colesterol: Synonyms: Cuantitativo |
es-MX | Spanish (Mexico) | Ésteres de colesterol: |
et-EE | Estonian (Estonia) | Kolesterooli estrid: Synonyms: Aine kontsentratsioon Juhuslik Kvantitatiivne Plasma Seerum Seerum või plasma |
fr-CA | French (Canada) | Esters de cholestérol: |
fr-FR | French (France) | Cholestérol esters: |
fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Esters de cholestérol: |
it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Colesterolo, esteri: Synonyms: Chimica Concentrazione di Sostanza Esteri del colesterolo Plasma Punto nel tempo (episodio) Siero Siero o Plasma |
nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | cholesterolesters: |
pl-PL | Polish (Poland) | Estry cholesterolu: |
pt-BR | Portuguese (Brazil) | Esteres de colesterol: Synonyms: ; |
ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Холестерола эфиры: Synonyms: Количественный Молярность; |
tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Kolesterol esters: |
zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 胆固醇酯类: Synonyms: 克分子浓度; |
Example Units
Unit | Source |
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mmol/L | Example UCUM Units |
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