TY  - JOUR
T1  - IS red blood cell distribution width a marker of overall membrane integrity?
AU  - Goldstein MR, Mascitelli L, Pezzetta F
Y1  - 2009/09/12
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.275
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1539
EP  - 1540
VL  - 169
IS  - 16
N2  - 
Cholesterol, a major and essential structural component of all cell membranes, modulates the functions of membrane proteins and participates in membrane trafficking and signaling processes.2 As a result, alterations in membrane cholesterol content might adversely affect the functions of many organ systems. Interestingly, the quintile of subjects exhibiting the highest baseline RDW and subsequent highest mortality had the lowest baseline prevalence of hypercholesterolemia.1

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.275
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2009.275
ER  -