Familial hypercholesterolemia with coarctation of aorta

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-186

  Aggarwal, A ^a   Gupta, A ^a   Narang, M ^a   Faridi, M M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; MEVINOLIN;

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELBOW; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SWELLING; VOMITING; WRIST;

EID: 34548011908     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.33863     Document Type: Article

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