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Inhibition of pre-protein convertase serine kexin-9 (PCSK-9) as a treatment for hyperlipidaemia

, DM DPhil FRCPath FAHA, , PhD & , MBBS FRCPath
Pages 667-676 | Published online: 12 Apr 2012

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