The pivotal role of cholesterol absorption inhibitors in the management of dyslipidemia

Lipids in Health and Disease

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Al Shaer, Moutasim H ^a   Choueiri, Nabil E ^a   Suleiman, Ehab S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; EZETIMIBE; FENOFIBRATE; GLUCURONIDE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SIMVASTATIN; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTHRALGIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACKACHE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FATIGUE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MONOTHERAPY; MYALGIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; TENDON DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8844266063     PISSN: 1476511X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-511X-3-22     Document Type: Review

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