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Current Vascular Pharmacology

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1570-1611
ISSN (Online): 1875-6212

Letter to the Editor

Inflammation and LDL Reduction

Author(s): Vasilios Gabriel Athyros*, George Sfikas and Charalambos Koumaras

Volume 21, Issue 1, 2023

Published on: 13 October, 2022

Page: [69 - 70] Pages: 2

DOI: 10.2174/1570161120666221004150503

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