PAPP-A, a novel marker of unstable plaque, is not influenced by hypolipidemic treatment in contrast to CRP [1]

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 195-196

  Ceska, Richard ^a   Stulc, Tomas ^a   Zima, Tomas ^a   Malbohan, Ivan ^a   Fialova, Lenka ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FENOFIBRATE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METALLOPROTEINASE; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

APHERESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT;

ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY DISEASE; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; PROCETOFEN; PYRROLES;

EID: 0037211990     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(02)00313-1     Document Type: Article

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