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Expression of Lipoprotein associated phospholipase A2 enzyme in medical undergraduate students with metabolic syndrome.
Diabetes & metabolic syndrome - 1 Jan 2000
Garg Seema, Malik Pranav, Kar Rajarshi, Sankar Vidya, Mehndiratta Mohit
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AIMS: Metabolic syndrome (MS) and atherosclerosis are chronic inflammatory conditions. Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (LpPLA2) is a circulatory marker of systemic inflammation and a risk predictor for cardiovascular diseases. This study aims to evaluate the expression of this enzyme in an effort to understand the underlying mechanism of atherosclerosis in MS. METHODS: This study included twenty patients...
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