Analbuminemia presenting with severe hypercholesterolemia: A risk for atherosclerosis?

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-69

  Dervisoglu, Erkan ^a   Turgut, T ^a   Yilmaz, A ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Analbuminemia; Edema; Hypercholesterolemia

Indexed keywords

ROSUVASTATIN;

ADULT; ANALBUMINEMIA; ANAMNESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 34047135086     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2007.013     Document Type: Letter

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