Could the identification of subclinical atherosclerosis offer an alternative to the mass drug treatment of hypercholesterolemia?
- 28 February 1994
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Elsevier in Atherosclerosis
- Vol. 105 (2) , 245-249
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9150(94)90055-8
Abstract
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