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Phenotypes, genotypes and response to statin therapy.
Current opinion in lipidology - 1 Aug 2004
Caslake Muriel J, Packard Chris J
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Response to statin treatment can vary widely from person to person as a result of inherited traits (genotype) and acquired characteristics such as obesity (phenotype). The aim of this review is to describe what is known about factors that determine a patient's response, and to offer a mechanism to explain how plasma triglyceride influences the nature and magnitude of lipid lowering on statin...
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