Intensive lipid lowering therapy reduces large,but not small,dense low-density lipoprotein particles measured by gel electrophoresis,in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation
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Intensive lipid lowering therapy reduces large,but not small,dense low-density lipoprotein particles measured by gel electrophoresis,in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation
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