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Genetics and prevention: a new look at high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
Cardiology in review - 1 Jan 2000
Genest Jacques
Abstract excerpt
Plasma level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol is inversely correlated with coronary artery disease. High-density lipoprotein particles are thought to mediate the uptake of peripheral cholesterol and, through exchange of core lipids with other lipoproteins or selective uptake by specific receptors, return this cholesterol to the liver for bile acid secretion. During the past decade, high-density lipoprotein...
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