PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - , TI - Correction: simvastatin (17 April, page 29) AID - 10.1136/dtb.28.13.52 DP - 1990 Jun 25 TA - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin PG - 52--52 VI - 28 IP - 13 4099 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/28/13/52.1.short 4100 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/28/13/52.1.full SO - Drug Ther Bull1990 Jun 25; 28 AB - In the paragraph on Mechanism of action, the fourth sentence is incorrect. It should be replaced by ‘The concentration of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins may also fall. This results from reduced hepatic secretion and/or increased clearance of very-low-density lipoprotein remnants which is due to enhanced expression of the LDL receptor’.