Atherosclerosis
Volume 163, Issue 2 , Pages 287-296, August 2002

Dose-dependent action of atorvastatin in type IIB hyperlipidemia: preferential and progressive reduction of atherogenic apoB-containing lipoprotein subclasses (VLDL-2, IDL, small dense LDL) and stimulation of cellular cholesterol efflux

  • Maryse Guerin

      Affiliations

    • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM Unité 551), Hôpital de la Pitié, Pavillon Benjamin Delessert, 83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris, Cedex 13, France
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  • Pascal Egger

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    • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM Unité 551), Hôpital de la Pitié, Pavillon Benjamin Delessert, 83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris, Cedex 13, France
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  • Céline Soudant

      Affiliations

    • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM Unité 551), Hôpital de la Pitié, Pavillon Benjamin Delessert, 83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris, Cedex 13, France
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  • Wilfried Le Goff

      Affiliations

    • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM Unité 551), Hôpital de la Pitié, Pavillon Benjamin Delessert, 83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris, Cedex 13, France
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  • Arie van Tol

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Reynald Dupuis

      Affiliations

    • Pfizer, Paris, France
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  • M.John Chapman

      Affiliations

    • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM Unité 551), Hôpital de la Pitié, Pavillon Benjamin Delessert, 83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris, Cedex 13, France

Received 15 November 2001; accepted 30 January 2002.

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PII: S0021-9150(02)00037-0

Atherosclerosis
Volume 163, Issue 2 , Pages 287-296, August 2002

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