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LDL-oxidation and -subgroups in normo- and hypertensive patients with and without a family history of hypertension.
VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten - 1 May 2002
Brockes C, Locher R, Böttcher A, Schmitz G, Vetter W
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OBJECTIVES: Oxidative modification of low-density-lipoprotein (LDL) increases its atherogenic potential to induce the accumulation of lipids and cells in the vascular wall. Patients have different lipoprotein profiles according to their LDL-subgroup pattern. The subgroup of LDL, which is most susceptible to oxidation, is most likely the dense LDL3 subfraction. In order to study an assumed association between...
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