Statins and diabetes risk: Fact, fiction, and clinical implications

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 883-893

  Rocco, Michael B ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84873738693     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.79a.12091     Document Type: Review

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