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[Age related decrease of high density lipoproteins (HDL) in women after menopause. Quantification of HDL with genetically determined HDL arylesterase in women with healthy coronary vessels and in women with angiographically verified coronary heart disease].
Medizinische Klinik (Munich, Germany : 1983) - 15 Mar 1998
Chemnitius J M, Winkel H, Meyer I, Schirrmacher K, Armstrong V W, Kreuzer H, Zech R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The decline in the concentration of high density lipoproteins (HDL) observed in postmenopausal women is thought to contribute to the increasing incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) after menopause. Human serum arylesterase (EC 3.1.1.2) is exclusively associated with HDL. We therefore investigated possible differences in the decline of HDL-levels and of HDL-subfractions HDL2 and HDL3 between...
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