Serum lipoprotein(a) levels differ in different phenotypes of primary hyperlipoproteinemia.

doi:10.1016/0026-0495(93)90133-9

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Serum lipoprotein(a) levels differ in different phenotypes of primary hyperlipoproteinemia.

Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Oct 1993

Hiraga T, Okubo M, Kobayashi T, Nakanishi K, Sugimoto T, Murase T

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Previous studies have indicated that serum lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels are mostly under genetic control. We have attempted to determine whether serum Lp(a) levels differ in different phenotypes of primary hyperlipoproteinemia (HL). A total of 129 subjects with HL (three with type I, 43 with fam...

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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Cholesterol
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Humans
Hypercholesterolemia
Hyperlipoproteinemias
Hypertriglyceridemia
Lipids
Lipoprotein(a)
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Triglycerides

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