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Historical Review of Research on Atherosclerosis

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Nutrition and Biotechnology in Heart Disease and Cancer

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 369))

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Atherosclerosis in humans can have severe clinical sequellae such as heart attack, stroke and peripheral vascular disease. These diseases are common and they have their own research histories, but it is the history of the underlying atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries about which I shall speak. I have listed several sources for this paper and they have extensive bibliographies for specific points of reference.

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    Gardner C. McMillan

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  1. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

    John B. Longenecker

  2. Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David Kritchevsky

  3. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    Marc K. Drezner

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McMillan, G.C. (1995). Historical Review of Research on Atherosclerosis. In: Longenecker, J.B., Kritchevsky, D., Drezner, M.K. (eds) Nutrition and Biotechnology in Heart Disease and Cancer. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 369. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1957-7_1

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