Short-term effect of atorvastatin in hypercholesterolaemic renal-transplant patients unresponsive to other statins

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1446-1449

  Romero, Rafael ^a   Calviño, Jesus ^a   Rodriguez, Javier ^a   Sánchez Guisande, Domingo ^a  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atorvastatin; HMG CoA reductase inhibitor; Hyperlipidaemia; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; STEROID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYOSITIS; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 0033824836     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/15.9.1446     Document Type: Article

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