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Editorial
. 2025 Jun;73(6):1663-1664.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.19452. Epub 2025 Apr 10.

Editorial for "Managing Hypercholesterolemia in Adults Older Than 75 Years Without a History of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. An Expert Clinical Consensus From the National Lipid Association and American Geriatrics Society"

Sunny A Linnebur  1 , Vera Bittner  2
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Editorial

Editorial for "Managing Hypercholesterolemia in Adults Older Than 75 Years Without a History of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. An Expert Clinical Consensus From the National Lipid Association and American Geriatrics Society"

Sunny A Linnebur et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Jun.
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