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Investigations over the past 10 years have shown that the immune system is involved in the development of atherosclerosis. There is evidence for an inflammatory process in the vessel wall and also for an involvement of specific immunological mechanisms in atherogenesis.
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Göran K. Hansson (1993) studied this question.
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