High levels of LDL-C combined with low levels of HDL-C further increase platelet activation in hypercholesterolemic patients
High levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) enhance platelet activation, whereas high levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) exert a cardioprotective effect. However, the effects on platelet activation of high...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2015-02-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2015000200167&lng=en&tlng=en |