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. 1959 Aug;38(8):1328–1333. doi: 10.1172/JCI103907

EVALUATION OF NICOTINIC ACID AS AN HYPOCHOLESTEREMIC AND ANTI-ATHEROGENIC SUBSTANCE *

Meyer Friedman 1, Sanford O Byers 1, Warren Hayashi 1, Clarence Omoto 1, Betty Tsai 1
PMCID: PMC442086  PMID: 13673088

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