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[Genetic-epidemiological studies of apolipoprotein(a) polymorphism and its significance in nephrological diseases and type I diabetes mellitus].
Acta medica Austriaca - 1 Jan 1999
Kronenberg F, Auinger M, Dieplinger H
Abstract excerpt
Lipoprotein(a) is a highly atherogenic particle. The plasma concentrations of this lipoprotein are strongly related to a genetically determined size polymorphism of apolipoprotein(a). This article reviews some pathogenetic characteristics of the apolipoprotein(a) polymorphism besides its known effect on the lipoprotein(a) plasma concentrations. Those are the relation of the apolipoprotein(a) phenotype with...
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