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plasma total cholesterol measurement test +   
serum total cholesterol measurement test  
A test which determines total amount of cholesterol carried in high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) molecules in a volume of serum, the clear liquid that separates from blood after it has clotted completely, i.e. blood plasma from which fibrinogen has been removed.

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Definition Sources: CMDT:Current_Medical_Diagnosis_and_Treatment--42nd_Ed, ISBN:978-0071395939, ISBN:978-0323057479, Mosby:Mosbys_Manual_of_Diagnostic_and_Laboratory_Tests--4th_Ed, RGD:SL

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