Diverse effect of ethnicity on plasma lipoprotein[a] levels in heterozygote patients with familial hypercholesterolemia.

Plasma lipids, lipoproteins, and lipoprotein[a] (Lp[a]) levels were determined in 216 members of 14 families with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). Ninety-nine subjects harbored a mutant low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor allele as confirmed by molecular genetic analysis. Four different mutant...

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Main Authors: E Leitersdorf, Y Friedlander, JM Bard, JC Fruchart, S Eisenberg, Y Stein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1991-09-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520419182