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Clinical Features

The Effect of Prescription Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Body Weight after 8 to 16 Weeks of Treatment for Very High Triglyceride Levels

Harold E. Bays Medical Director/President, Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center, Louisville, KYCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, FACP, FACE,
Kevin C. Maki President/Chief Science Officer, Provident Clinical Research and Consulting, Inc., Bloomington, IN
, PhD,
Ralph T. Doyle Consultant, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC
, MD &
Evan Stein Director, Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center, Cincinnati, OH
, MD, PhD, FRCP(C), FCAP
Pages 145-150 | Published online: 13 Mar 2015

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