Intestinal cholesterol absorption

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 315-320

  Dawson, Paul A ^a   Rudel, Lawrence L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL;

BILE ACID METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; FAT INTAKE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; PRIMATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032861789     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-199908000-00005     Document Type: Review

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