Learning from the cerivastatin experience

Lancet

Volumn 358, Issue 9291, 2001, Pages 1383-1385

  Farmer, John A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A; ATORVASTATIN; CERIVASTATIN; CREATINE KINASE; CYTOCHROME P450; FLUINDOSTATIN; GEMFIBROZIL; MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; UBIQUINONE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID SOLUBILITY; LIVER CELL; MUSCLE CELL; MYALGIA; MYOBLAST; MYOSITIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 0035960430     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06489-3     Document Type: Note

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