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. 1995 May 20;310(6990):1280–1281. doi: 10.1136/bmj.310.6990.1280

Lower patients' cholesterol now.

M Oliver, P Poole-Wilson, J Shepherd, M J Tikkanen
PMCID: PMC2549672  PMID: 7773032

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