Atorvastatin reduces serum cholesterol and triglycerides with limited improvement in vascular function in adults with sickle cell anemia
- 6 July 2012
- journal article
- Published by Ferrata Storti Foundation (Haematologica) in Haematologica
- Vol. 97 (11) , 1768-1770
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