Defined daily doses in relation to hypolipidaemic efficacy of lovastatin, pravastatin, and simvastatin

The Lancet

Volumn 343, Issue 8912, 1994, Pages 1554-1555

  Illingworth, D R ^a   Erkelens, D W ^b   Keller, U ^c   Thompson, G R ^d   Tikkanen, M J ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0028245981     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(94)92945-9     Document Type: Article

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