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Current Vascular Pharmacology

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1570-1611
ISSN (Online): 1875-6212

Letter to the Editor

Statins and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Progression: Further Comments

Author(s): Vasilios G. Athyros*, Charalambos Koumaras and George Sfikas

Volume 19, Issue 6, 2021

Published on: 15 December, 2020

Page: [673 - 674] Pages: 2

DOI: 10.2174/1570161119666201215141414

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