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Maternal hypercholesterolemia during pregnancy promotes early atherogenesis in LDL receptor-deficient mice and alters aortic gene expression determined by microarray.
Circulation - 19 Mar 2002
Napoli Claudio, de Nigris Filomena, Welch John S, Calara Federico B, Stuart Robert O, Glass Christopher K, Palinski Wulf
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BACKGROUND: Maternal hypercholesterolemia during pregnancy is associated with markedly enhanced fatty streak formation in human fetal aortas and accelerated progression of atherosclerosis in normocholesterolemic children. METHODS AND RESULTS: To establish the causal role of maternal hypercholeste...
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