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Original Article

Treating to target patients with primary hyperlipidaemia:comparison of the effects of ATOrvastatin and ROSuvastatin (the ATOROS study)

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Pages 1123-1131 | Accepted 18 Apr 2006, Published online: 11 May 2006

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