Genetic basis for multimodal relationship between apolipoprotein (a) size and lipoprotein (a) concentration in Mexican-Americans.

doi:10.1016/0021-9150(94)05507-f

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Genetic basis for multimodal relationship between apolipoprotein (a) size and lipoprotein (a) concentration in Mexican-Americans.

Atherosclerosis - 1 Jun 1995

Rainwater D L

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The reported general inverse relationship between apolipoprotein (a) (apo(a)) size and plasma lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a)) concentrations was further characterized using 927 samples taken from members of 42 Mexican-American families. When all samples were displayed in a scatter plot of apo(a) size ver...

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Alleles
Apolipoproteins A
Cardiovascular Diseases
Humans
Lipoprotein(a)
Mexican Americans
Phenotype
Risk Factors

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