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Hypercholesterolaemia in Aged Patients

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  1. First Department of Medicine and Geriatric Unit of the University of Helsinki, Finland

    Matti J. Tikkanen &  Reijo S. Tilvis

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Tikkanen, M.J., Tilvis, R.S. Hypercholesterolaemia in Aged Patients. Drugs & Aging 1, 427–430 (1991). https://doi.org/10.2165/00002512-199101060-00002

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