Cholesterol, lipids and arterial stiffness

Advances in Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2007, Pages 261-277

  Wilkinson, Ian ^a   Cockcroft, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 2; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33751105225     PISSN: 00652326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000096747     Document Type: Review

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