Triglycerides and vascular risk: insights from epidemiological data and interventional studies.

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Published in Curr Drug Targets on April 01, 2009

Authors

Konstantinos Tziomalos1, Vasilios G Athyros, Asterios Karagiannis, Genovefa D Kolovou, Dimitri P Mikhailidis

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Royal Free Hospital Campus, University College London, UK.

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