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Statins as potential treatment for cholesterol gallstones: an attempt to understand the underlying mechanism of actions

Mohamed H Ahmed The James Cook University Hospital, Cardiothoracic Division, Department of Cardiology, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, UK+44 1642 853938; +44 1642 854247; [email protected]
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Mahir A Hamad The James Cook University Hospital, Division of Acute Medicine, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, UK
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Charlotte Routh The James Cook University Hospital, Division of Acute Medicine, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, UK
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Vincent Connolly The James Cook University Hospital, Division of Acute Medicine, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, UK
Pages 2673-2681 | Published online: 01 Nov 2011

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May Ahmed Shawki, Noha Salah Elsayed, Eman M. Mantawy & Riham S. Said. (2021) Promising drug repurposing approach targeted for cytokine storm implicated in SARS-CoV-2 complications. Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 43:4, pages 395-409.
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Nazik Elmalaika OS Husain & Mohamed H Ahmed. (2015) Managing dyslipidemia in HIV/AIDS patients: challenges and solutions. HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care 7, pages 1-10.
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Nazik Elmalaika Husain, Abdallah Tarig Hassan, Wadie M Elmadhoun & Mohamed H Ahmed. (2015) Evaluating the safety of Liptruzet (ezetimibe and atorvastatin): what are the potential benefits beyond low-density lipoprotein cholesterol-lowering effect?. Expert Opinion on Drug Safety 14:9, pages 1445-1455.
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Yen-Chun Lee, Jin-Shang Wu, Yi-Ching Yang, Chin-Sung Chang, Feng-Hwa Lu & Chih-Jen Chang. (2014) Moderate to severe, but not mild, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease associated with increased risk of gallstone disease. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 49:8, pages 1001-1006.
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Mohamed H. Ahmed, Salma Barakat & Ahmed O. Almobarak. (2014) The association between renal stone disease and cholesterol gallstones: the easy to believe and not hard to retrieve theory of the metabolic syndrome. Renal Failure 36:6, pages 957-962.
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Mohamed H Ahmed, Ayman Al-Atta & Mahir A Hamad. (2012) The safety and effectiveness of statins as treatment for HIV-dyslipidemia: the evidence so far and the future challenges. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 13:13, pages 1901-1909.
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Andrea Cariati & Elisa Piromalli. (2012) Limits and perspective of oral therapy with statins and aspirin for the prevention of symptomatic cholesterol gallstone disease. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 13:9, pages 1223-1227.
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Mohamed H Ahmed, Vincent Connolly & Mahir A Hamad. (2012) Author's reply: statins and cholesterol gallstones: what we know, thought we knew and hope to gain. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 13:9, pages 1385-1386.
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Andrea Cariati & Elisa Piromalli. (2012) Ultrastructural basis of the failure of oral dissolution therapy with bile salts and/or statin for cholesterol gallstones. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 13:9, pages 1387-1388.
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Li Zhu. (2014) Prevalence of and risk factors for gallstones in Uighur and Han Chinese. World Journal of Gastroenterology 20:40, pages 14942.
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