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A shift in calcium

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Figure 1: Possible mechanistic interplay between bone remodeling and the atherosclerotic plaque.

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Khosla, S. A shift in calcium. Nat Med 17, 430–431 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0411-430

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