Article
Familial hypoalphalipoproteinemia in premature coronary artery disease.
Arteriosclerosis and thrombosis : a journal of vascular biology - 1 Dec 1993
Genest J, Bard J M, Fruchart J C, Ordovas J M, Schaefer E J
Abstract excerpt
Hypoalphalipoproteinemia (HA) is a common finding in patients with premature coronary artery disease. To characterize the common familial forms of HA, we studied 102 families of probands with premature coronary artery disease; 40 probands (39.2%) had HA. Of these, 25 had at least one first-degree...
Topics
- Adult
- Apolipoprotein A-I
- Apolipoproteins B
- Cholesterol, HDL
- Cholesterol, LDL
- Coronary Disease
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Particle Size
- Receptors, LDL
- Reference Values
- Tangier Disease
- Triglycerides