Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 7 , Pages 220-234 , October 2006

In Search of New Targets for Plasma High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels: Promise of Human–Mouse Comparative Genomics

  • Jarod Rollins
    • ,
  • Yaoyu Chen
    • ,
  • Beverly Paigen
    • ,
  • Xiaosong Wang

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Xiaosong Wang, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 100 Technology Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. Tel.: (+1) 617-871-7285; fax: (+1) 617-871-7053.
    • Present address: Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02139.

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doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2006.04.003

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 7 , Pages 220-234 , October 2006

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