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European Heart Journal 1999 20(21):1527-1529; doi:10.1053/euhj.1999.1824
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Editorial

Plant lipids that lower serum cholesterol

G.R. Thompson

Metabolic Medicine, Division of Investigative Science, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, U.K.

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