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Individualized therapy in statin intolerance: the key to success
Maciej Banach1,2,3, Christopher P Cannon4, Francesco Paneni5,6
1Department of Preventive Cardiology and Lipidology, Medical University of Lodz (MUL), Rzgowska 281/289, 93-338 Lodz, Poland.
European Heart Journal
|October 18, 2022
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