Statin therapy has no significant effect on skin tissue cholesterol: results from a prospective randomized trial.
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Statin Therapy Has No Significant Effect on Skin Tissue Cholesterol: Results from a Prospective Randomized Trial, Markus Reiter, Susan Wirth, Ali Pourazim, Mehrdad Baghestanian, Erich Minar, and Robert A. Bucek (Clinic for Internal Medicine II, Department of Angiology, University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria; * author for correspondence: fax 43-1-40400-4665, e-mail [email protected])
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical chemistry
دوره 51 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005