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Polymorphism in apolipoprotein(a) kringle IV 37(Met/Thr): frequency in a London population and its association with coronary artery disease.
Clinical cardiology - 1 Oct 1997
Syrris P, Schwartzman R, Jeffery S, Kaski J C, Carter N
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BACKGROUND: A raised concentration of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] in human plasma has been considered as a risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD). Apolipoprotein(a) and plasminogen genes are exceptionally similar to a variable number of plasminogen-like kringle IV repeats in the apo(a) gene. Polymorphisms have been previously identified in the apolipoprotein(a) kringle IV 37. HYPOTHESIS: In order to determine...
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