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Impact of apolipoprotein(a) phenotypes on long-term renal transplant survival.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 May 2001
Wahn Friederike, Daniel Volker, Kronenberg Florian, Opelz Gerhard, Michalk Dietrich V, Querfeld Uwe
Abstract excerpt
The long-term success of renal transplantation is limited because of chronic rejection (CR), which shows histologic parallels to atherosclerosis. Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis, but its role in CR has not been investigated. Plasma levels of Lp(a) are determined mainly by the inherited isoform (phenotype) of apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] and show an inverse correlation with...
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