Effects of dietary calcium on atherosclerosis, aortic calcification, and icterus in rabbits fed a supplemental cholesterol diet

Lipids in Health and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hsu, Howard H T ^a   Culley, Nathan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS OIL; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC DIET; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; JAUNDICE; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPIDOSIS; LIVER CLEARANCE; MALE; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SCLERA; SKIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC AORTA;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET, ATHEROGENIC; JAUNDICE; MALE; RABBITS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33746280810     PISSN: 1476511X     EISSN: 1476511X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-511X-5-16     Document Type: Article

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