The effects of high dose pravastatin and low dose pravastatin and ezetimibe combination therapy on lipid, glucose metabolism and inflammation

Inflammation

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 230-235

  Dagli, Necati ^a,b   Yavuzkir, Mustafa ^a   Karaca, Ilgin ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ezetimibe; Hyperlipidemia; Inflammation; Insulin resistance; Pravastatin

Indexed keywords

EZETIMIBE; PRAVASTATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID METABOLISM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 37249049393     PISSN: 03603997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10753-007-9041-3     Document Type: Article

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