EFFECT OF CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL REDUCTION BEGINNING EARLY IN LIFE ON THE RISK OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
Abstract
Comments to the paper B.A. Ference, et al. Effect of Long-Term Exposure to Lower Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Beginning Early in Life on the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease. A Mendelian Randomization Analysis (translation is published in №1 2013:90-98)
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N. V. Perova
State Research Centre for Preventive Medicine, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Perova N.V. EFFECT OF CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL REDUCTION BEGINNING EARLY IN LIFE ON THE RISK OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE. Rational Pharmacotherapy in Cardiology. 2013;9(2):203-204. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20996/1819-6446-2013-9-2-203-204
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