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The effect of cigarette-smoking on cardiovascular risk factors: a study of monozygotic twins discordant for smoking.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Jan 1996
Calori G, D'Angelo A, Della Valle P, Ruotolo G, Ferini-Strambi L, Giusti C, Errera A, Gallus G
Abstract excerpt
The association of cigarette smoking with the development of occlusive vascular disease is firmly established. Unfavourable changes in a series of variables held independent risk factors for the development of vascular lesions (HDL-cholesterol, haematocrit, white blood cell count, fibrinogen and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1)) are thought to be directly influenced by cigarette smoking. However, the...
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