Apolipoprotein(a) phenotypes and serum lipoprotein(a) levels in maintenance hemodialysis patients with/without diabetes mellitus.

doi:10.1038/ki.1993.349

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Apolipoprotein(a) phenotypes and serum lipoprotein(a) levels in maintenance hemodialysis patients with/without diabetes mellitus.

Kidney international - 1 Nov 1993

Hirata K, Kikuchi S, Saku K, Jimi S, Zhang B, Naito S, Hamaguchi H, Arakawa K

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We studied the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] as a function of apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] phenotypes in 152 patients (123 males, 29 females) undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (HD) with or without diabetes mellitus (DM), in 101 patients with diabetes melli...

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Adult
Aged
Apolipoproteins A
Diabetes Mellitus
Female
Humans
Lipids
Lipoprotein(a)
Lipoproteins
Male
Middle Aged
Osmolar Concentration
Phenotype
Renal Dialysis

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