Statins and antioxidant vitamins: Should co-administration be avoided? [10]

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1237-

  Tousoulis, Dimitris ^a   Antoniades, Charalambos ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; LOW DRUG DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; PYRROLES; VITAMIN E;

EID: 33644905851     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.12.033     Document Type: Letter

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