Alternative therapies: Part II. Congestive heart failure and hypercholesterolemia

American Family Physician

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1325-1330

  Morelli, V ^a   Zoorob, R J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTIN; CRATAEGUS; GARLIC; GUGGULSTERONE; LIPID; NATURAL PRODUCT; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; UBIDECARENONE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG RESEARCH; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034665262     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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