Cholesterol lowering in diabetes: New evidence supports aggressive LDL-C targets

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 17-27

  Rosenson, Robert S ^a,b  

^a Preventive Cardiology Center   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; BEZAFIBRATE; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLOSPORIN; FENOFIBRATE; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GEMFIBROZIL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEVINOLIN; NICOTINIC ACID; NIKETHAMIDE; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; STATINE DERIVATIVE; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT;

CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG TARGETING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MYOPATHY; MYOSITIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG COMBINATION; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; REVIEW;

ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; NIACIN;

EID: 17844410428     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2005.04.1607     Document Type: Conference Paper

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