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Interaction of Therapeutic Diets and Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs in Regression Studies in Animals

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Regression of Atherosclerotic Lesions

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The evidence for regression of the atherosclerotic plaque comes largely from three types of studies. These include older epidemiological and pathological studies of human disease, recent animal model investigations, and a number of recent and current pioneering studies in man in which sequential angiography was used as the major endpoint.

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Wissler, R.W., Vesselinovitch, D. (1984). Interaction of Therapeutic Diets and Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs in Regression Studies in Animals. In: Malinow, M.R., Blaton, V.H. (eds) Regression of Atherosclerotic Lesions. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1773-0_3

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