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Apolipoprotein(a) phenotypes predict the risk for carotid atherosclerosis in patients with end-stage renal disease.
Arteriosclerosis and thrombosis : a journal of vascular biology - 1 Sept 1994
Kronenberg F, Kathrein H, König P, Neyer U, Sturm W, Lhotta K, Gröchenig E, Utermann G, Dieplinger H
Abstract excerpt
Several studies have demonstrated that atherosclerotic complications are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis patients. High lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] plasma concentrations are an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis. Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have elevated plasma concentrations of Lp(a), which are not explained by size variation at the apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] gene...
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