Patterns of alcohol consumption and ischaemic heart disease in culturally divergent countries: the Prospective Epidemiological Study of Myocardial Infarction (PRIME)
The article states that cholesterol was assayed with reagents from
Boehringer Ingelheim.
Boehringer Ingelheim is a pharmaceutical company that, as far as I know,
doesn't make reagents.
Apparently, there is confusion with Boehringer Mannheim, acquired by
Hitachi some 25 years ago, resold to Roche, a few years later.
Of course, this doesn't diminish the quality of the information on
the subject of the article.
Competing interests:
No competing interests
28 November 2010
Paul M. Verheecke
Chemical pathologist
Centrum voor Medische Analyse, Elfde Liniestraat 27; B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium
Rapid Response:
Small error
The article states that cholesterol was assayed with reagents from
Boehringer Ingelheim.
Boehringer Ingelheim is a pharmaceutical company that, as far as I know,
doesn't make reagents.
Apparently, there is confusion with Boehringer Mannheim, acquired by
Hitachi some 25 years ago, resold to Roche, a few years later.
Of course, this doesn't diminish the quality of the information on
the subject of the article.
Competing interests: No competing interests