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European Heart Journal 2002 23(5):343-344; doi:10.1053/euhj.2001.2956
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Inflammation, infection, and coronary heart disease

L. Wilhelmsen

Section of Preventive Cardiology, The Cardiovascular Institute, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden

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