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Cholesterol in human atherosclerotic plaque is a marker for underlying disease state and plaque vulnerability
BACKGROUND: Cholesterol deposition in arterial wall drives atherosclerosis. The key goal of this study was to examine the relationship between plaque cholesterol content and patient characteristics that typically associate with disease state and lesion vulnerability. Quantitative assays for free cho...
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Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890627/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20540749 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-511X-9-61 |