Design and baseline data of a pediatric study with rosuvastatin in familial hypercholesterolemia

Journal of Clinical Lipidology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 408-413

  Kusters, D Meeike ^a   Hutten, Barbarba A ^a   McCrindle, Brian W ^b   Cassiman, David ^c   Francis, Gordon A ^d   Gagné, Claude ^e   Gaudet, Daniel ^f   Morrison, Katherine M ^g   Langslet, Gisle ^h   Kastelein, John J ^a   Wiegman, Albert ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e Clinique des Maladies Lipidiques de Québec Inc   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carotid intima media thickness; Hypercholesterolemia; Pediatrics; Statins

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ROSUVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIBLING; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; PEDIATRICS; STATINS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUOROBENZENES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; PYRIMIDINES; SAFETY; SIBLINGS; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885019996     PISSN: 19332874     EISSN: 18764789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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