Beneficial effect of ezetimibe-atorvastatin combination therapy in patients with a mutation in ABCG5 or ABCG8 gene

Abstract Background Use of ezetimibe on top of statin therapy has been shown to be effective to reduce LDL cholesterol level in hypercholesterolemic patients. However, little is known regarding the individual variety of the effectiveness of ezetimibe. We hypothesized that hypercholesterolemic patien...

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Main Authors: Hayato Tada, Hirofumi Okada, Akihiro Nomura, Masayuki Takamura, Masa-aki Kawashiri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12944-019-1183-4