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Relationship between lipid parameters and the presence of peripheral arterial disease in elderly patients

Curt Diehm Department of Internal Medicine/Vascular Medicine, Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach, Affiliated Teaching Hospital, Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Stefan Lange Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Bochum, Germany
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Hans Joachim Trampisch Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Bochum, Germany
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Roman Haberl Department of Neurology, Municipal Hospital Munich-Harlaching, Gemany
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Harald Darius Department of Medicine I, Vivantes Berlin-Neukölln Medical Center, Germany
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Berndt von Stritzky Medical Department, Sanofi-Synthelabo GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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David Pittrow Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
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Gerhart Tepohl Internist/Vascular Medicine, Munich, Germany
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Jens Rainer Allenberg Department of Vascular Surgery, Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg, Germany
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Pages 1873-1875 | Accepted 11 Oct 2004, Published online: 22 Oct 2004

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