Getting a handle on 'good' cholesterol with the high-density lipoprotein receptor

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 341, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 2011-2013

  Rigotti, A ^a   Krieger, M ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD36; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; LIVER; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, LIPOPROTEIN; RECEPTORS, SCAVENGER; SCAVENGER RECEPTORS, CLASS B;

EID: 0033599080     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199912233412612     Document Type: Article

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