Hypercholesterolemia in primary biliary cirrhosis [10]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1561-1562

  Su, Ta Chen ^a   Hwang, Juey Jen ^a   Kao, Jia Horng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER SULFATE; LIPOPROTEIN X; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CIRCULATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; LIPID OXIDATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOLOGY;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 35248834637     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc071467     Document Type: Letter

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