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Micro Computer Based Decision Support for Lipid Disorders

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AIME 87

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics ((LNMED,volume 33))

Abstract

The decision support system described relates to the problem of the diagnosis and management of patients with disorders of lipid metabolism. Dietary and/or pharmacological intervention in patients with hyperlipidaemias is now widely accepted as being beneficial. (1) The recent Lipid Research Clinics program has shown that energetic reduction of elevated cholesterol levels reduces the increased risk of coronary heart disease. (2)

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Trinity College, Dublin University, Ireland

    Deirdre Ni Fhaircheallaigh & Jane Grimson

  2. Clinical Biochemistry, Trinity College, Dublin University, Ireland

    Margaret Sinnott, Tony McGill & Rory O’Moore

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Biomedical Computing Unit, Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories, Lincoln’s Inn Field, WC2A 3PX, London, UK

    John Fox

  2. Laboratoire d’Informatique Médical de la Faculté de Médecine, Université de Marseille, Boulevard Jean Moulin 27, 13385, Marseille Cédex 5, France

    Marius Fieschi

  3. MEDIS-Institut, Gesellschaft für Strahlen- und Umweltforschung mbH München, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 8042, Neuherberg, Federal Republic of Germany

    Rolf Engelbrecht

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Fhaircheallaigh, D.N., Sinnott, M., Grimson, J., McGill, T., O’Moore, R. (1987). Micro Computer Based Decision Support for Lipid Disorders. In: Fox, J., Fieschi, M., Engelbrecht, R. (eds) AIME 87. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 33. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95549-5_26

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