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Could apolipoprotein E polymorphisms be hidden behind the relation between bone mineral density and atherosclerosis in hemodialysis patients?

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    Evagelos N. Liberopoulos & Moses S. Elisaf

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Liberopoulos, E.N., Elisaf, M.S. Could apolipoprotein E polymorphisms be hidden behind the relation between bone mineral density and atherosclerosis in hemodialysis patients?. Osteoporos Int 14, 957 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-003-1526-9

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