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Carotid intima media thickness and low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) in South Asian immigrants: could dysfunctional HDL be the missing link?

INTRODUCTION: South Asian immigrants (SAIs) in the US exhibit higher prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) and its risk factors compared with other ethnic populations. Conventional CAD risk factors do not explain the excess CAD risk; therefore there is a need to identify other markers that can...

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Autores principales: Dodani, Sunita, Dong, Lei, Guirgis, Faheem W., Reddy, Srinivasa T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4223133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25395937
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2014.46208