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Kroon AA, van Asten WNJC, Stalenhoef AFH

Effect of apheresis of low-density lipoprotein on peripheral vascular disease in hypercholesterolemic patients with coronary artery disease

Ann Int Med (Dec) 125:945-954 1996

This was a randomized trial of patients with primary hypercholesterolemia treated either with biweekly LDL apheresis plus simvastatin or simvastatin alone.

The full text of this paper is available from the American College of Physicians at this site .