Effect of lowering serum cholesterol on human red cell membrane cholesterol and membrane fluidity

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 124-129

  Muzulu, S I ^a   Bing, R F ^a,b   Patel, H R ^a   Norman, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cholesterol; Colestipol; Red cell membrane fluidity; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001735568     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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