Rosuvastatin lowers coenzyme Q10 levels, but not mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate synthesis, in children with familial hypercholesterolemia

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 458-462

  Avis, Hans J ^a   Hargreaves, Ian P ^b   Ruiter, Jos P N ^a   Land, John M ^b   Wanders, Ronald J ^a   Wijburg, Frits A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; ROSUVASTATIN; UBIDECARENONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUOROBENZENES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MITOCHONDRIA; NETHERLANDS; PYRIMIDINES; SULFONAMIDES; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 79951578255     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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