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Elevated levels of serum lipoprotein(a) and apolipoprotein(a) phenotype are not related to pre-eclampsia.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica - 1 Aug 1997
Leerink C B, de Vries C V, van der Klis F R
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BACKGROUND: Pre-eclampsia might result from a less effective invasion of trophoblast cells in the myometrium, caused by attenuated immunosuppression in the spiral arteries, resulting from inhibition of plasmin-mediated activation of transforming growth factor-beta-like substances. In vitro evidence indicates that lipoprotein(a) is capable of inhibiting plasmin-mediated activation of transforming growth...
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