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High-density lipoprotein subfractions--what the clinicians need to know.
Cardiology - 1 Jan 2013
Pirillo Angela, Norata Giuseppe Danilo, Catapano Alberico Luigi
Abstract excerpt
Although the inverse relationship between plasma levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and cardiovascular disease has been largely demonstrated, many observations have suggested that the assessment of HDL functionality might be more informative than a simple measurement of HDL-cholesterol plasma levels. HDLs are a class of structurally and functionally heterogeneous particles; in atherosclerosis-related...
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