Niacin for stroke prevention: Evidence and rationale

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 287-294

  Keener, Adrienne ^a   Sanossian, Nerses ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Dyslipidemia; Niacin; Stroke prevention

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CLOFIBRATE; COLESTIPOL; COLESTYRAMINE; FENOFIBRATE; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GEMFIBROZIL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NICOTINIC ACID; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; URIC ACID;

ATHEROGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCLE DISEASE; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NIACIN; STROKE;

EID: 56049126935     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2008.00055.x     Document Type: Review

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