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Disodium ascorbyl phytostanol phosphate. A new cholesterol-lowering drug?

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von Bergmann, K. Disodium ascorbyl phytostanol phosphate. A new cholesterol-lowering drug?. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 64, 649–650 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-008-0491-9

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