Authors' reply

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9873, 2013, Pages 1183-

  Cuchel, Marina ^a   Rader, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; EZETIMIBE; LOMITAPIDE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CARRIER PROTEIN;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SAFETY; FATTY LIVER; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; STEATOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE;

BENZIMIDAZOLES; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE;

EID: 84876325159     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(13)60798-9     Document Type: Letter

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