Atherogenic dyslipidemia and combination pharmacotherapy in diabetes: Recent clinical trials

Review of Diabetic Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 191-203

  Hamilton, Sandra J ^a   Watts, Gerald F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atherogenic dyslipidemia; Clinical trials; Fatty acid; HDL cholesterol; Lipoprotein; Pharmacotherapy; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; ATORVASTATIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; EZETIMIBE; FATTY ACID ESTER; FENOFIBRATE; GEMFIBROZIL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LAROPIPRANT; LAROPIPRANT PLUS NICOTINIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NICOTINIC ACID; OMEGA 3 ACID ETHYL ESTER; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PLACEBO; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ATHEROGENESIS; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FITNESS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INFECTION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 84891816690     PISSN: 16136071     EISSN: 16140575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1900/RDS.2013.10.191     Document Type: Review

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