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Published on November 1, 2002 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2002.10.619

Lipid-lowering drugs: current status and controversies

Fármacos hipolipemiantes: estado actual y controversias

Ada Cuevas

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Ada Cuevas

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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Citation Cuevas A. Lipid-lowering drugs: current status and controversies. Medwave 2002;2(10):e619 doi: 10.5867/medwave.2002.10.619

Submission date 01/01/1970

Acceptance date 01/01/1970

Publication date 01/11/2002

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