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Association of apolipoprotein(a) phenotypes in children with family history of premature coronary artery disease.
Arteriosclerosis and thrombosis : a journal of vascular biology - 1 Oct 1994
Islam S, Gutin B, Smith C, Treiber F, Kamboh M I
Abstract excerpt
Although blacks have higher plasma levels of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] than whites, the Lp(a) levels are not associated with clinical coronary artery disease (CAD) or parental history of myocardial infarction in blacks. To explore whether ethnic differences in the pathogenicity of Lp(a) are related to the thrombogenic component of Lp(a), this study investigated in children the associations of apolipoprotein(a)...
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