How high is hypercholesterolemia and its relation with disease
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Keywords
Cholesterol, Pathology, Myocardial Ischemia
Abstract
After analyzing an article published in 2008, the author believes that it is difficult to determine what can be called hypocholesterolemia and what number of this is associated with pathologies.
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