Therapy and clinical trials: Plant sterols and stanols in management of hypercholesterolemia: Where are we now?

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-100

  Bhattacharya, Sujit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL; STANOL ESTER;

ABNORMALLY LOW SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ANEMIA; BILE ACID SYNTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 30744445153     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mol.0000203893.60381.30     Document Type: Editorial

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