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SUBMITTER: Elshourbagy NA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5586853 | biostudies-other | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Elshourbagy Nabil A NA Meyers Harold V HV Abdel-Meguid Sherin S SS
Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre 20131211 2
Maintaining cholesterol and triglyceride (TG) levels within healthy limits is critical for decreasing the risk of heart disease. Dyslipidemia refers to the abnormal levels of lipids in the blood, including low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), also known as good cholesterol, high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), also known as bad cholesterol, and/or high TG levels that contribute to the development and progression of atherosclerosis. In this article we reviewed some of th ...[more]