Niacin Therapy, HDL Cholesterol, and Cardiovascular Disease: Is the HDL Hypothesis Defunct?

Current Atherosclerosis Reports - Tập 17 Số 8 - 2015
Preethi Mani1, Anand Rohatgi2
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
2University of Texas Southwestern

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