The cholesterol/phospholipid ratio of the erythrocyte membrane in children with familial hypercholesterolemia. Its relationship with plasma lipids and red blood cell aggregability

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 259-263

  Martinez M ^a   Vaya A ^a   Gil, L ^a   Marti R ^a   Dalmau, J ^a   Aznar, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte aggregability; Familial hypercholesterolemia; Red blood cell lipids

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEROL; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; LIPIDS; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

EID: 0031821064     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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