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European Heart Journal 2002 23(11):831-834; doi:10.1053/euhj.2001.3052
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Do atherosclerosis and type 2 diabetes share a common inflammatory basis?

A.D. Pradhan and P.M. Ridker

Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, U.S.A.

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