XIIIth International Symposium on Atherosclerosis

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XIIIth International Symposium on Atherosclerosis Hajime Orimo, Honorary Chairman Yuji Matsuzawa, Chairman Toru Kita, Chairman Executive Committee Secretary-General: Yasuyoshi Ouchi Members: Yasuo Ikeda Masunori Matsuzaki Ryozo Nagai Yasushi Saito Katsuo Sueishi Akira Takeshita Mitsuhiro Yokoyama Shinji Yokoyama Supervising Committee Chairpersons: Yuichiro Gotoy and Akira Yamamoto Members: Takao Fujinami Hisashi Fukuzaki Yoshiya Hata Masakuni Kameyama Akira Kumagai Hiroshi Mabuchi Seiitsu Murota Chikayuki Naito Haruo Nakamura Motoomi Nakamura Fujio Numano Kenzo Oshima Akinobu Sumiyoshi Shigeo Takebayashi Kenzo Tanaka Seiichiro Tarui

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XIIIth International Symposium on Atherosclerosis

Yoshio Yazaki Yoji Yoshida Teruo Watanabe Scientific Program Committee Chairpersons: Ryozo Nagai and Tamio Teramoto Members: Atsunori Kashiwagi Makoto Kinoshita Koichi Kozaki Ikuro Maruyama Masunori Matsuzaki Akira Miyazaki Ryuichi Morishita Kazuwa Nakao Toshio Ogihara Yasufumi Sato Koji Suzuki Makiko Ueda Hirotsugu Ueshima Kazuo Yamada Shizuya Yamashita Masayuki Yokode Kotaro Yokote Fund Raising Committee Chairperson: Yasushi Saito Vice-Chairperson: Tamio Teramoto Members: Hiroshi Mabuchi Yuji Matsuzawa Fujio Numano Katsuo Sueishi Kotaro Yokote Mitsuhiro Yokoyama Shinji Yokoyama Organizing Committee General Affairs Chairperson: Yasuyoshi Ouchi Vice-Chairperson: Nobuhiro Yamada Members: Keisuke Fukuo Koichi Kozaki Masataka Sata Hitoshi Shimano

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XIIIth International Symposium on Atherosclerosis

Public Relations Chairperson: Shinji Yokoyama Vice-Chairperson: Kentaro Shimokado Members: Mariko Shiba Masayuki Yoshida Finance Chairperson: Katsuo Sueishi Vice-Chairperson: Shinichi Oikawa Members: Sadatoshi Biro Yuichi Ishikawa Junji Koizumi Yasushi Saito Norio Tada Kotaro Yokote Social Events Chairperson: Yasuo Ikeda Vice-Chairperson: Makiko Ueda Member: Minoru Yoshiyama Site Operation Chairperson: Mitsuhiro Yokoyama Vice-Chairperson: Jun Sasaki Members: Noriaki Kume Takahiro Taniguchi Shizuya Yamashita Masayuki Yokode Health Affairs Chairperson: Mitsuhiro Yokoyama Vice-Chairpersons: Masayuki Yokode and Shizuya Yamashita Members: Hidenori Arai Kenichi Hirata Koichi Kozaki Naohiko Sakai Exhibition Chairperson: Masunori Matsuzaki Vice-Chairperson: Ikuro Maruyama Members: Takeshi Kimura Mitsuhiro Yokoyama

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Program Preparation Chairperson: Tamio Teramoto Members: Makoto Kinoshita Koichi Kozaki Akira Miyazaki Shizuya Yamashita Masayuki Yokode Kotaro Yokote

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