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Total erythrocyte membrane cholesterol: a marker of plaque instability?

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boxed-textTziakas DN et al. (2007) Total cholesterol content of erythrocyte membranes is increased in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a new marker of clinical instability? J Am Coll Cardiol 49: 2081–2089

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  2. HK Gold is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cardiology at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,

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