Article
Lipoprotein(a): new insights into an atherogenic lipoprotein.
The Clinical investigator - 1 Aug 1994
Bartens W, Wanner C
Abstract excerpt
Lipoprotein(a) constitutes a macromolecular complex in human plasma that combines structural features from the blood clotting and the lipoprotein systems. Aside from the discovery of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] as a potential independent risk factor for premature cardiovascular disease its physiologic...
Topics
- Arteriosclerosis
- Cell Division
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Disease Susceptibility
- Estrogens
- Female
- Humans
- Hyperlipidemias
- Kidney Diseases
- Kringles
- Lipoprotein(a)
- Male
