The “Mevalonate hypothesis”: a cholesterol-independent alternative for the etiology of atherosclerosis
The “cholesterol hypothesis” is the leading theory to explain the cause of atherosclerosis. The “cholesterol hypothesis” assumes that plasma (LDL) cholesterol is an important causal factor for atherosclerosis.
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pubmed-34966052012-11-14 The “Mevalonate hypothesis”: a cholesterol-independent alternative for the etiology of atherosclerosis Keizer, Hiskias G Hypothesis The “cholesterol hypothesis” is the leading theory to explain the cause of atherosclerosis. The “cholesterol hypothesis” assumes that plasma (LDL) cholesterol is an important causal factor for atherosclerosis. BioMed Central 2012-11-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3496605/ /pubmed/23122424 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-511X-11-149 Text en Copyright ©2012 Keizer; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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The “Mevalonate hypothesis”: a cholesterol-independent alternative for the etiology of atherosclerosis |
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The “Mevalonate hypothesis”: a cholesterol-independent alternative for the etiology of atherosclerosis |
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The “Mevalonate hypothesis”: a cholesterol-independent alternative for the etiology of atherosclerosis |
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The “Mevalonate hypothesis”: a cholesterol-independent alternative for the etiology of atherosclerosis |
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The “Mevalonate hypothesis”: a cholesterol-independent alternative for the etiology of atherosclerosis |
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“mevalonate hypothesis”: a cholesterol-independent alternative for the etiology of atherosclerosis |
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The “cholesterol hypothesis” is the leading theory to explain the cause of atherosclerosis. The “cholesterol hypothesis” assumes that plasma (LDL) cholesterol is an important causal factor for atherosclerosis. |
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BioMed Central |
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2012 |
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