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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
Abstract excerpt
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 proteins such as lipoprotein lipase and apolipoprotein E are common. These proteins are suitable candidates for mediating...
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