Effects of long-term treatment with simvastatin on plasma lipids and lipoproteins in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia
β Scribed by Thiery, J. ;Creutzfeldt, C. ;Creutzfeldt, W. ;Walli, A. K. ;Seidel, D.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 839 KB
- Volume
- 68
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1440
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