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Anna Cabré1, Iolanda Lázaro, Josefa Girona

  • 1Research Unit on Lipids and Atherosclerosis, CIBER of Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Joan University Hospital, Reus, Spain.

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