Intima-media thickness
Biomarker1 paper1 finding
- Humans1
Associations
1Electronegative HDL subfraction H5
upin humans1
1 study
Electronegative HDL subfraction H5
upin humans1
Electronegative HDL subfraction H5 is associated with intima-media thickness in humans.
Humansimaging cohortn = 118
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