Effect of hydroxymethyl glutaryl coenzyme a reductase inhibitor therapy on high sensitive C-reactive protein levels

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 1933-1935

  Jialal, I ^a,b   Stein, D ^a,b   Balis, D ^a,b   Grundy, S M ^a,b   Adams Huet, B ^a,b   Devaraj, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Inflammation; Statins

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0035901619     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.15.1933     Document Type: Article

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