Low incidence of xanthomas in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) in Spain
✍ Scribed by C. Garcés; F.Rodríguez Artalejo; A. Serrano; J.González Bonillo; F. Almagro; J.A. Garrido; M. Zuñiga; M. de Oya
- Book ID
- 119434672
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 139 KB
- Volume
- 151
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9150
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