Effects of hypolipemic drugs on the osteoprotegerin – sRANKL system in patients with coronary artery disease

Magdalena Celińska-Löwenhoff; Tomasz Löwenhoff; Anetta Undas; Piotr Gluszko

doi:10.1160/TH06-11-0648

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2007; 97(05): 868-870
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-11-0648

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Effects of hypolipemic drugs on the osteoprotegerin – sRANKL system in patients with coronary artery disease

Magdalena Celińska-Löwenhoff

¹Department of Medicine

,

Tomasz Löwenhoff

¹Department of Medicine

,

Anetta Undas

¹Department of Medicine

²Institute of Cardiology

,

Piotr Gluszko

³Department of Rheumatology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Cracow, Poland

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