The mystery of diabetes and atherosclerosis: time for a new plot.

doi:10.2337/diab.46.3.327

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The mystery of diabetes and atherosclerosis: time for a new plot.

Diabetes - 1 Mar 1997

Semenkovich C F, Heinecke J W

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Most patients with diabetes die from macrovascular complications. Little is known about the pathogenesis of diabetic vascular disease, but recent advances in molecular genetics and oxidation chemistry provide clues to the mystery of diabetes and atherosclerosis. Genetic variants of well-known pro...

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Animals
Apolipoproteins E
Arteriosclerosis
Carrier Proteins
Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetic Angiopathies
Fatty Acid Synthases
Genetic Variation
Glycoproteins
Humans
Lipoprotein Lipase
Lipoproteins
Risk Factors

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