Is there a need for dietary measures to further reduce LDL cholesterol in patients with type II diabetes mellitus on statin therapy?

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-54

  Winters, Stephanie M ^a   Visser, Hannah ^a   Steerneman, Anke H M ^a   Thomas, Gregory ^a   Bots, Michiel L ^a   van der Heijden, Geert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Hypercholesterolaemia; LDL Cholesterol; Statin therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 40149088134     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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