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By Albert Oberman, Robert A. Kreisberg, and Yaakov Henkin. 323 pp. Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 1992. $49. ISBN 0-683-06623-4.

The basic premise for writing this book is a good one. Since the evidence is now so strong that several of the dyslipidemias are related to the development of atherosclerosis, which is known to be a reversible disorder, and since these dyslipidemias are so very common, it is the primary care physician who will be mainly responsible for identifying and treating patients with these disorders.

In the first two thirds of this book the authors present in detail the evidence supporting the hypothesis that abnormalities of lipoprotein metabolism are related to the development of atherosclerosis; review normal lipoprotein transport and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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