Lipids and endothelial function: Effects of lipid-lowering and other therapeutic interventions

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 234-240

  Lüscher, Thomas F ^a,b   Tanner, Felix C ^a   Noll, Georg ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BRADYKININ; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENDOTHELIN 1; LIPID; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN H2; STATIN; THROMBOXANE A2;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORONARY ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029761051     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-199608000-00010     Document Type: Review

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