Dysfunctional high-density lipoprotein: not only quantity but first of all quality?
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Corresponding author: Dimitri P. Mikhailidis MD, FRCP, FRCPath Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Vascular Disease Prevention Clinics) Royal Free Hospital Campus University College London Medical School University College London (UCL) Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK Phone: 02078302258 Fax: 02078302235 E-mail: [email protected] 1 Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece 2 Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Vascular Disease Prevention Clinics), Royal Free London Foundation Trust, London, UK 3 Department of Hypertension, Chair of Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland 4 Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Vascular Disease Prevention Clinics), Royal Free Hospital campus, University College London Medical School, University College London (UCL), London, UK
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