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Structured care with atorvastatin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease

Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients in the GREek Atorvastatin and Coronary Heart Disease Evaluation (GREACE) Study

Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 451 10, Greece

Vasilios G Athyros

Atherosclerosis Unit, 2nd Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotelian University, Hippocration Hospital, Thessaloniki, 546 42, Greece

Moses Elisaf

Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 451 10, Greece

Dimitri P Mikhailidis

Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Royal Free Hospital, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London NW3 2QG, UK, MIKHAILIDIS{at}aol.com

The Greace Study Collaborative Group

Key Words: atorvastatin • coronary heart disease • diabetes mellitus • renal function • uric acid.

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The British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease, Vol. 4, No. 2, 94-97 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/14746514040040020501


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