Red blood cell distribution width and mean platelet volume: Surrogate markers for, or treatment targets in, dyslipidemia?

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 555-556

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG TARGETING; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; ERYTHROCYTE PARAMETERS; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; HUMAN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; DRUG EFFECTS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; MALE;

ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ATORVASTATIN CALCIUM; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEAN PLATELET VOLUME;

EID: 84929966128     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2015.04.012     Document Type: Editorial

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