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Serum lipoprotein(a) levels and apolipoprotein(a) isoform size and risk for first-ever acute ischaemic nonembolic stroke in elderly individuals.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jul 2006
Milionis Haralampos J, Filippatos Theodosios D, Loukas Tsironis, Bairaktari Eleni T, Tselepis Alexandros D, Elisaf Moses S
Abstract excerpt
In a population-based case-control study, we investigated the association of acute ischaemic stroke with lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) levels and apolipoprotein (Apo) (a) isoform size in subjects aged older than 70 years. A total of 163 patients with a first-ever-in-a-lifetime acute ischaemic/nonembolic stroke and 166 controls were included. Compared to controls, stroke patients exhibited higher Lp(a) concentrations...
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