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Endothelial dysfunction: a marker of atherosclerotic risk.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Feb 2003
Bonetti Piero O, Lerman Lilach O, Lerman Amir
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Endothelial dysfunction is a systemic disorder and a key variable in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and its complications. Current evidence suggests that endothelial status is not determined solely by the individual risk factor burden but rather, may be regarded as an integrated index of all atherogenic and atheroprotective factors present in an individual, including known as well as yet-unknown variables...
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