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Xin Yan1, Suhua Chen2

  • 1Department of Otolaryngology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing, China.

Frontiers in medicine
|July 25, 2024
PubMed
概括

肥胖和高体脂可能会遗传增加非补性中耳炎 (NSOM) 的风险. 这部分是由于肥胖降低了诸如高密度脂蛋白胆固醇 (HDL-C) 和阿波蛋白A1 (apoA1) 等保护性因素.

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