Effect of Ramadan fasting on serum lipid profiles in normal and hyperlipidemic subjects

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 947-950

  Mahboob, Soltanali ^a   Sattarivand, Reza ^a   Nouri, Mohammad ^a   Arefhosseini, Seidrafie ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fasting; Hyperlipidemia; Lipid profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000741669     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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