Long-term treatment with pitavastatin (NK-104), a new HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, of patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
Authors:
- Yoshihiro NojiYNYoshihiro Noji
- Toshinori HigashikataTHToshinori Higashikata
- Akihiro InazuAIAkihiro Inazu
- Atsushi NoharaANAtsushi Nohara
- Kosei UedaKUKosei Ueda
- Susumu MiyamotoSMSusumu Miyamoto
- Kouji KajinamiKKKouji Kajinami
- Tadayoshi TakegoshiTTTadayoshi Takegoshi
- Junji KoizumiJKJunji Koizumi
- Hiroshi MabuchiHMHiroshi Mabuchi
- Hokuriku NK-104 Study GroupHGHokuriku NK-104 Study Group
- 1 July 2002
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier in Atherosclerosis
- Vol. 163 (1) , 157-164
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