Daily intake of eicosapentaenoic acid inhibits the progression of carotid intimal-media thickness in patients with dyslipidemia

Therapeutic Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 863-868

  Katoh, Atsushi ^a   Ikeda, Hisao ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

EID: 79960829334     PISSN: 02898020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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