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Lipoprotein(a) serum concentrations and apolipoprotein(a) phenotypes in mild and moderate renal failure.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Jan 2000
Kronenberg Florian, Kuen Erich, Ritz Eberhard, Junker Ralf, König Paul, Kraatz Günter, Lhotta Karl, Mann Johannes F E, Müller Gerhard A, Neyer Ulrich, Riegel Werner, Riegler Peter, Schwenger Vedat, VON Eckardstein Arnold
Abstract excerpt
High lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) serum concentrations and the underlying apolipoprotein(a) (apo(a)) phenotypes are risk factors for cardiovascular disease in the general population as well as in patients with renal disease. Lp(a) concentrations are markedly elevated in patients with end-stage renal disease. However, nothing is known about the changes of Lp(a) depending on apo(a) size polymorphism in the earliest...
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