Rosuvastatin as treatment for non alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)-dyslipidaemia: New treatment for global dangers [4]

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 440-441

  Ahmed, M H ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CYTOCHROME P450; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAZARD; HEPATITIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOTHESIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE DISEASE; NON ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 28844465375     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.09.003     Document Type: Letter

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