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A Family Study of Hypoalphalipoproteinemia

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Lipoprotein Deficiency Syndromes

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimetal Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 201))

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In recent years the inverse relationship between HDL cholesterol and the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) has been supported by a lot of clinical and epidemiological data (1,2).

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  1. Third Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Milan, Italy

    C. Vergani

  2. Institute of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, University of Milan, Italy

    A. L. Catapano

  3. Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Farmitalia Carlo Erba Milan, Italy

    A. Sidoli

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  1. Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Aubie Angel

  2. Shaughnessy Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Jiri Frohlich

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Vergani, C., Catapano, A.L., Sidoli, A. (1986). A Family Study of Hypoalphalipoproteinemia. In: Angel, A., Frohlich, J. (eds) Lipoprotein Deficiency Syndromes. Advances in Experimetal Medicine and Biology, vol 201. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1262-8_9

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