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Management of Atherosclerosis: A Practical Guide in 2008

GUEST EDITOR

William Insull, Jr., MD

Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Director, Lipid Research Clinic

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

This supplement provides an in-depth review for the practitioner of major recent findings that support treatments of atherosclerosis and concludes with a checklist of key elements relevant to the clinical management of atherosclerosis in 2008. Editorial assistance for this publication, provided by Scientific Connexions, Newtown, Pennsylvania, was funded by AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Wilmington, Delaware.

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