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Is there a genetic basis for resistance to atherosclerosis?
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jan 2002
Stein Olga, Thiery Joachim, Stein Yechezkiel
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Atherosclerosis and its major clinical manifestation, coronary heart disease, is and will remain the main cause of mortality. Reviews on this subject dealt with factors that enhance development of atherosclerosis. This review deals with a new facet, that some individuals are less prone to develop atherosclerosis: (1) despite high cholesterol intake or (2) despite hypercholesterolemia with elevated low-density...
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