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Atherosclerosis pathophysiology and the role of novel risk factors: a clinicobiochemical perspective.
Angiology - 1 Jan 2000
Mallika V, Goswami Binita, Rajappa Medha
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Atherosclerosis is the root cause of the biggest killer of the 21st century. Mechanisms contributing to atherogenesis are multiple and complex. A number of theories-including the role of dyslipidemia, hypercoagulability, oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, and inflammation and infection by certain pathogens-have been propounded from time to time explain this complex phenomenon. Recently it has been...
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