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Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease with pravastatin in Japan (MEGA Study): a prospective randomised controlled trial

✍ Scribed by Haruo Nakamura; Kikuo Arakawa; Hiroshige Itakura; Akira Kitabatake; Yoshio Goto; Takayoshi Toyota; Noriaki Nakaya; Shoji Nishimoto; Masaharu Muranaka; Akira Yamamoto; Kyoichi Mizuno; Yasuo Ohashi


Book ID
117299984
Publisher
The Lancet
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
183 KB
Volume
368
Category
Article
ISSN
0140-6736

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