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Atherosclerosis is an Inflammatory Disease

光宏 横山, +1 more
- 28 Feb 1998 - 
- Vol. 62, pp 8
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Despite changes in lifestyle and the use of new pharmacologic approaches to lower plasma cholesterol concentrations, cardiovascular disease continues to be the principal cause of death in the United States, Europe, and much of Asia.
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This article is published in Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition.The article was published on 1998-02-28 and is currently open access. It has received 9749 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Disease.

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