Simvastatin with or without ezetimibe in familial hypercholesterolemia [1]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 529-533

  Steinberg, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLESTYRAMINE; EZETIMIBE PLUS SIMVASTATIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NICOTINIC ACID; SIMVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; AZETIDINE DERIVATIVE; EZETIMIBE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INFLAMMATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; BLOOD; DRUG COMBINATION; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 2; INTIMA; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; TUNICA MEDIA;

ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; AZETIDINES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; SIMVASTATIN; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 48249089651     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc080981     Document Type: Letter

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