Response to the letter by Ebara et al

Circulation Research

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Liu, George ^a   Hayden, Michael R ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHYLOMICRON; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BYPASS SURGERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LETTER; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 67349114325     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.108.178715     Document Type: Letter

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