Hepatitis C virus infection, lipids, and coronary heart disease: A Pandora's box

Hepatology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 343-

  Wang, Chia Chi ^a   Kao, Jia Horng ^b  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REBOUND;

CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIPIDS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73449089755     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23393     Document Type: Letter

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